Mesquite, NV 89027 Frost Dates
89027, near Mesquite, NV: the frost window
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 238 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mesquite in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Mesquite's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mesquite against the rest of the dataset
About 238 days separate Mesquite's last and first frost, putting it 8,942 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 113 of 222.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 89027: the frost range, on how to read the range around Mesquite's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Mesquite can differ from the 89027 normal.