Winnemucca, NV 89820 Frost Dates
Winnemucca, NV: when does the frost end?
Around 05/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 254 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/29, roughly 141 days after the last spring frost.
Winnemucca sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 5 weeks until Winnemucca'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
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Winnemucca against the rest of the dataset
Winnemucca's growing season runs about 141 days, ranking 36,893 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NV, it ranks 188 of 222.
Learn more
Before leaning on 89820's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Winnemucca can differ from the 89820 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Winnemucca's frost date answer different questions.