Carson, NV 89452 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carson, NV, ZIP 89452
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/17, roughly 262 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 148 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Carson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Carson has about 7 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 Carson's last frost
05/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 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 Carson compares
About 148 days separate Carson's last and first frost, putting it 35,620 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 181 of 222.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Carson's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Carson can differ from the 89452 normal.