Carson, NV 89706 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carson, NV, ZIP 89706
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 152 frost-free days later.
Carson 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Carson has about 6 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
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carson compares
Carson's growing season runs about 152 days, ranking 34,674 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 172 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 89706 normal.