Fallon, NV 89407 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fallon, NV, ZIP 89407
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 139 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fallon in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Fallon has about 5 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 Fallon's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/27 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 Fallon compares
At roughly 139 frost-free days, Fallon places 37,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 189 of 222.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fallon can differ from the 89407 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Fallon's frost date answer different questions.