Nevada Frost Dates: Last and First Frost by Town

119 NOAA weather stations · 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals · Data updated 2026-10-29

Quick answer

Across Nevada's 109 NOAA stations with regular frost, the median last spring frost is May 12 and the median first fall frost is October 4. Last frost dates range from January 5 at Laughlin to June 16 at Jiggs 2NE, so enter your ZIP code below for the station nearest you.

How frost dates vary across Nevada

Elevation matters: across Nevada's stations, each 1,000 ft of elevation delays the median last frost by about 23 days.
North vs south: stations in the northern third of the state (north of 40.0°N) reach their median last frost about 67 days later than the southern third (south of 38.4°N).
Safety margin: the median 10%-risk date (June 2) is about 21 days after the median last frost. Waiting until then cuts the chance of a killing frost on tender transplants from 1 in 2 to 1 in 10.

Frost dates at Nevada's major weather stations

These National Weather Service stations, mostly at airports, have the longest and most complete records in the state.


Baker 5 W	6,617	May 12	Jun 4	Oct 14	154
Battle Mountain 4SE	4,505	May 9	May 31	Sep 29	141
Denio 52 WSW	6,500	Jun 13	Jul 4	Sep 20	96
Elko Regional Airport	5,030	May 29	Jun 16	Sep 18	111
Ely Yelland Field Airport	6,262	Jun 12	Jun 28	Sep 13	91
Eureka Airport	5,936	Jun 7	Jun 23	Sep 17	100
Fallon Naas	3,934	May 6	May 25	Oct 8	153
Las Vegas Air Terminal	2,203	Jan 24	Feb 19	Dec 10	323
Las Vegas McCarran Airport	2,131	Jan 20	Feb 14	Dec 15	333
Lovelock Derby Field	3,902	May 12	Jun 2	Sep 27	136
Mercury 3 SSW	3,284	Mar 10	Apr 8	Nov 19	253
Mercury Desert Rock Airport	3,230	Mar 16	Apr 9	Nov 17	242
Reno Tahoe Intl Airport	4,410	Apr 20	May 5	Oct 23	184
Tonopah	5,395	Apr 30	May 24	Oct 18	169
Winnemucca Municipal Airport	4,296	May 31	Jun 19	Sep 17	108

All 119 stations in Nevada

Last frost and first frost are medians: a 50% chance of a 32°F night after (spring) or before (fall) that date. 10% risk is the spring date with only a 1-in-10 chance of a later frost. Click a column to sort.

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Alan Bible Visitor Center	1,641	Jan 21	Mar 5	Dec 17	328
Amargosa Farms-garey	2,450	Mar 15	Apr 9	Nov 13	237
Arthur 4NW	6,250	Jun 4	Jun 20	Sep 18	105
Austin #2	6,780	May 18	Jun 11	Oct 7	142
Baker 5 W	6,617	May 12	Jun 4	Oct 14	154
Battle Mountain 4SE	4,505	May 9	May 31	Sep 29	141
Beatty 8 N	3,550	Apr 12	Apr 30	Nov 3	204
Beowawe	4,700	Jun 2	Jun 18	Sep 17	105
Beowawe 49S - U Of N Rch	5,740	May 28	Jun 16	Sep 21	114
Blue Eagle Rch - Currant 12SSW	4,678	Apr 30	May 21	Oct 12	162
Bunkerville	1,600	Mar 16	Apr 5	Nov 13	238
Caliente	4,379	May 3	May 23	Oct 9	156
Callville Bay	1,270	Jan 31	Feb 27	Dec 11	317
Carson City	4,761	May 4	May 29	Oct 6	152
Cathedral Gorge State Park	4,830	May 15	Jun 3	Oct 4	142
Clover Valley	5,676	May 31	Jun 15	Sep 19	110
Dagget Pass	7,334	Jun 7	Jun 24	Sep 28	113
Deeth	5,340	Any month	Any month	Any month	71
Denio	4,190	May 30	Jun 15	Sep 18	111
Denio 52 WSW	6,500	Jun 13	Jul 4	Sep 20	96
Desert NWR	2,914	Mar 22	Apr 13	Nov 7	229
Diamond Valley - Eureka 14NNW	5,890	Jun 10	Jun 27	Sep 16	97
Dyer 5S	4,900	May 9	Jun 1	Oct 4	147
Echo Bay	1,250	Feb 3	Feb 28	Dec 11	310
Elgin	3,422	Apr 11	Apr 28	Nov 1	203
Elko NWS Office	5,235	May 26	Jun 12	Sep 23	120
Elko Regional Airport	5,030	May 29	Jun 16	Sep 18	111
Ely Yelland Field Airport	6,262	Jun 12	Jun 28	Sep 13	91
Eureka	6,430	Jun 2	Jun 19	Sep 29	119
Eureka Airport	5,936	Jun 7	Jun 23	Sep 17	100
Fallon Experiment Station	3,965	May 12	Jun 4	Oct 1	139
Fallon Naas	3,934	May 6	May 25	Oct 8	153
Gabbs 1NE	4,694	May 1	May 26	Oct 22	170
Gerlach	3,954	Apr 28	May 15	Oct 15	169
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	5,960	Jun 4	Jun 20	Sep 15	101
Glenbrook	6,350	Jun 5	Jun 22	Oct 9	126
Golconda	4,394	May 16	Jun 7	Oct 1	134
Goldfield	5,690	Apr 27	May 28	Oct 22	174
Goodsprings	3,716	Mar 17	Apr 11	Nov 20	245
Great Basin National Park	6,850	May 27	Jun 16	Oct 2	128
Hawthorne	4,400	Apr 22	May 11	Oct 25	185
Hiko	3,900	Apr 20	May 10	Oct 26	188
Imlay	4,260	May 17	Jun 8	Sep 27	131
Incline Village	6,356	May 17	Jun 4	Oct 13	148
Jackpot	5,233	Any month	Any month	Any month	83
Jarbidge	6,180	Jun 9	Jun 26	Sep 16	96
Jarbidge 7 N	6,050	Jun 15	Jul 1	Sep 11	86
Jiggs 2NE	5,642	Jun 16	Jun 30	Sep 13	89
Kings River Valley - Orovada 26NW	4,240	May 28	Jun 15	Sep 23	117
Lages	5,960	Jun 1	Jun 18	Sep 21	111
Lahontan Dam	4,167	Apr 18	May 9	Oct 25	188
Lamoille 2N	5,750	Any month	Any month	Any month	63
Lamoille Yost	5,840	Jun 6	Jun 23	Sep 16	100
Las Vegas Air Terminal	2,203	Jan 24	Feb 19	Dec 10	323
Las Vegas McCarran Airport	2,131	Jan 20	Feb 14	Dec 15	333
Las Vegas WFO	2,275	Feb 4	Feb 27	Dec 5	302
Laughlin	605	Jan 5	Feb 13	Dec 24	354
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	4,239	May 8	May 30	Oct 11	154
Lovelock	3,973	May 11	May 31	Oct 2	143
Lovelock Derby Field	3,902	May 12	Jun 2	Sep 27	136
Lund	5,546	Jun 5	Jun 22	Sep 18	104
McDermitt	4,430	Any month	Any month	Any month	84
McGill	6,270	May 28	Jun 13	Sep 24	119
Mercury 3 SSW	3,284	Mar 10	Apr 8	Nov 19	253
Mercury Desert Rock Airport	3,230	Mar 16	Apr 9	Nov 17	242
Middlegate-clifford	4,600	Jun 11	Jun 29	Sep 12	92
Mina	4,580	Apr 14	Apr 28	Oct 24	192
Minden	4,709	May 30	Jun 14	Sep 26	119
Montello - 7NE	4,828	Jun 3	Jun 22	Sep 18	105
Montello 2NE	4,830	Jun 1	Jun 20	Sep 12	100
Moorman Rch - Ruth 16WNW	6,539	Jun 10	Jun 23	Sep 14	95
Mount Charleston Fire Station	7,460	May 31	Jun 14	Oct 2	124
N Las Vegas	1,898	Feb 1	Feb 24	Dec 8	311
Oasis	5,835	Jun 12	Jun 27	Sep 11	91
Orovada 3 W	4,200	Jun 2	Jun 20	Sep 11	102
Overton	1,250	Feb 26	Mar 16	Nov 22	268
Pahranagat Wr	3,334	Apr 3	Apr 21	Oct 31	212
Pahrump 4 NW	2,573	Mar 29	Apr 21	Nov 3	218
Paradise Valley 1 NW	4,560	Jun 5	Jun 27	Sep 13	95
Pine Valley - Carlin 20S	5,176	Any month	Any month	Any month	46
Pioche	5,990	May 2	May 23	Oct 17	166
Rachel	4,820	May 4	May 27	Oct 8	156
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mount Rch S	3,780	Mar 13	Apr 11	Nov 15	244
Reese River Ione 13NE	6,413	Any month	Any month	Any month	44
Reno Tahoe Intl Airport	4,410	Apr 20	May 5	Oct 23	184
Reno WFO	4,987	Apr 28	May 19	Oct 27	182
Ruby Lake NWR	6,019	May 27	Jun 12	Sep 23	120
Ruth	6,858	Any month	Any month	Any month	81
Rye Patch Dam	4,135	May 19	Jun 9	Sep 24	125
Ryndon	5,288	Jun 7	Jun 22	Sep 12	98
S Fk State Rec Area	5,270	Any month	Any month	Any month	76
Searchlight	3,540	Mar 7	Apr 10	Nov 29	266
Shoshone 5N	5,870	May 23	Jun 10	Sep 29	127
Silverpeak	4,274	Apr 23	May 9	Oct 16	177
Smith 6 N	5,000	May 23	Jun 10	Sep 28	127
Smoke Creek Espil	3,850	May 10	May 29	Oct 1	141
Smoky Valley - Carvers	5,647	May 24	Jun 13	Sep 28	126
Snowball Rch	7,160	Jun 9	Jun 25	Sep 21	101
Spanish Springs	4,489	May 3	May 24	Oct 10	157
Sparks	4,357	May 1	May 25	Oct 10	160
Spring Valley State Park	5,950	Any month	Any month	Any month	50
Stead	5,101	May 8	Jun 2	Oct 12	150
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	5,297	May 12	May 31	Oct 6	145
Sutcliffe	3,900	Apr 15	May 3	Nov 11	208
Tonopah	6,010	Apr 30	May 22	Oct 22	173
Tonopah	5,395	Apr 30	May 24	Oct 18	169
Topaz Lake	5,292	May 12	Jun 7	Oct 6	145
Tuscarora	6,170	Jun 4	Jun 20	Sep 24	112
Twin Spring Fallini	5,300	May 10	Jun 2	Sep 30	141
Valley Of Fire State Park	2,000	Jan 23	Feb 19	Dec 13	327
Virginia City	6,340	May 12	Jun 5	Oct 17	155
Wabuska 6 SE	4,300	May 31	Jun 21	Sep 17	107
Wadsworth 4 N	4,000	May 9	May 28	Oct 1	145
Wells	5,700	Jun 10	Jun 26	Sep 16	94
Wendover 16NW	4,828	May 12	May 28	Sep 30	139
Wild Horse Rsvr	6,239	Any month	Any month	Any month	35
Winnemucca 3SSW	4,355	May 23	Jun 14	Sep 29	129
Winnemucca Municipal Airport	4,296	May 31	Jun 19	Sep 17	108
Yerington	4,380	Apr 29	May 16	Oct 15	167

Frequently asked questions

When is the last frost in Nevada?

The median last spring frost (32°F) across Nevada's NOAA weather stations is May 12, based on 1991–2020 climate normals. It ranges from January 5 at Laughlin to June 16 at Jiggs 2NE. For a safer planting date, use the 10%-risk date; the state median for that is June 2.

When is the first frost in Nevada?

The median first fall frost across Nevada's stations is October 4. The earliest median first frost is September 11 at Jarbidge 7 N, and the latest is December 24 at Laughlin.

How long is the growing season in Nevada?

The median frost-free season is 142 days across Nevada's stations, from 86 days at Jarbidge 7 N to 354 days at Laughlin.

When should I plant tomatoes in Nevada?

Plant tomatoes outdoors after your local last frost, ideally after the 10%-risk date when nights stay above 50°F. At a typical Nevada station that means starting seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before May 12 and transplanting from about June 2. Check your ZIP code, because dates vary by weeks across the state.

Can it frost in summer in Nevada?

Yes, at 10 stations in Nevada a 32°F night is possible in any month, mostly at high elevation or far north. There is no reliable frost-free season there; use cold-hardy crops and row covers.

How to use these dates

Frost dates are 30-year averages from NOAA, not forecasts. Use them to plan seed starting and planting, then watch the 10-day forecast as the date approaches. Cold air settles in valleys and low spots, so a garden at the bottom of a slope can frost a week or more later in spring than the nearest station shows.

Ready to plan? The planting calendar by ZIP code turns these dates into start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Dates are the 32°F freeze probabilities published in the NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals for each station. Station names are NOAA's, lightly expanded for readability. See the methodology or download the full table.