Carson, NV 89701 Frost Dates
Carson, NV: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/04, roughly 249 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 152 days after the last spring frost.
Carson sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 6 weeks until Carson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/04 isn't a guarantee
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Carson places 34,670 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 168 of 222.
Learn more
Before leaning on 89701's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Carson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Carson can differ from the 89701 normal.