Fallon, NV 89496 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fallon, NV?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 153 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 Fallon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Fallon before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fallon's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fallon compares
At roughly 153 frost-free days, Fallon places 34,497 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 167 of 222.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Fallon can differ from the 89496 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Fallon's frost date answer different questions.