Fernley, NV 89513 Frost Dates
Fernley, NV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Fernley sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Fernley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fernley against the rest of the dataset
Fernley's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 21,861 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 129 of 222.
Learn more
Before leaning on 89513's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fernley can differ from the 89513 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Fernley's frost date answer different questions.