Henderson, NV 89074 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Henderson, NV, ZIP 89074
Around 01/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 145 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/15, about 333 frost-free days later.
Henderson sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Henderson has about 16 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 Henderson's last frost
01/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Henderson compares
About 333 days separate Henderson's last and first frost, putting it 2,808 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 6 of 222.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Henderson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Henderson's dates instead of trusting one.