FrostDateCheck

Ely, NV 89314 Frost Dates

89314, near Ely, NV: the frost window

Zone 6a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 06/09, about 285 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/21, roughly 101 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ely in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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

Ely's growing season runs out in roughly 3 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.

The actual range around Ely's last frost

06/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Ely against the rest of the dataset

At roughly 101 frost-free days, Ely places 39,678 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 210 of 222.

Learn more

Two guides worth reading on 89314: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Ely's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Ely's dates instead of trusting one.