Las Vegas, NV 89060 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Las Vegas, NV, ZIP 89060
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/29, roughly 213 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 218 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Las Vegas, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Las Vegas has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Las Vegas's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Las Vegas compares
Las Vegas's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,130 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 120 of 222.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Las Vegas can differ from the 89060 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Las Vegas's frost date answer different questions.