Carson, NV 89713 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carson, NV?
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/06, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carson in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Carson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Carson places 34,677 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NV, it ranks 175 of 222.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Carson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Carson can differ from the 89713 normal.