Ely, NV 89311 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ely, NV?
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 154 frost-free days later.
Ely sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Ely before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ely's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ely compares
At roughly 154 frost-free days, Ely places 34,281 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 165 of 222.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ely's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ely's dates instead of trusting one.