Carlin, NV 89821 Frost Dates
89821, near Carlin, NV: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 06/02, roughly 278 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/17, roughly 105 days after the last spring frost.
Carlin sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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
Carlin's growing season runs out in roughly 3 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
06/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carlin against the rest of the dataset
About 105 days separate Carlin's last and first frost, putting it 39,601 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NV, it ranks 206 of 222.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 89821: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Carlin's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Carlin's dates instead of trusting one.