When to plant in Henderson, NV

Planting dates worked out from Henderson's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Frost is rare in Henderson: in 6 of the last 30 springs there was none at all. Frost dates matter less here than heat, so the planting table below is left out.

Safe to plant out

Feb 24

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Jan 29

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Dec 10

1 year in 10 by Nov 26

Frost-free days

310

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Mccarran Intl Ap · 16.7 km away · station 663 m, town 569 m. How we match towns to stations

Henderson's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1949	Feb 19
1950	Mar 14
1951	Mar 19
1952	Mar 14
1953	Apr 9
1954	Mar 18
1955	Apr 3
1956	Mar 16
1957	Feb 6
1958	Mar 12
1959	Feb 23
1960	Feb 25
1961	Feb 28
1962	Mar 15
1963	Mar 18
1964	Mar 25
1965	Mar 6
1966	Mar 5
1967	Apr 12
1968	Feb 1
1969	Mar 8
1970	Feb 3
1971	Mar 7
1972	Mar 28
1973	Feb 2
1974	Mar 4
1975	Apr 2
1976	Mar 13
1977	Mar 15
1978	Jan 25
1979	Feb 6
1980	Feb 11
1981	Feb 7
1982	Feb 8
1983	Jan 21
1984	Mar 6
1985	Mar 4
1986	Feb 11
1987	Feb 28
1988	Feb 6
1989	Feb 16
1990	Mar 13
1991	Mar 16
1992	Jan 24
1993	Jan 24
1994	Feb 23
1996	Feb 27
1997	Feb 9
1998	Jan 9
1999	Feb 12
2000	Jan 29
2001	Feb 9
2002	Mar 4
2003	Feb 9
2004	Feb 13
2006	Jan 21
2007	Jan 20
2008	Jan 31
2009	Jan 6
2011	Feb 3
2013	Jan 16
2015	Jan 3
2016	Feb 3
2018	Feb 24
2019	Feb 23
2020	Feb 5
2022	Feb 3
2023	Feb 1
2024	Jan 13

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1949	243
1950	240
1951	228
1952	254
1953	223
1954	256
1955	226
1956	231
1957	284
1958	248
1959	276
1960	275
1961	262
1962	272
1963	261
1964	233
1965	267
1966	266
1967	233
1968	298
1969	255
1970	266
1971	235
1972	251
1973	294
1974	270
1975	232
1976	258
1977	249
1978	294
1979	288
1980	279
1981	291
1982	311
1983	305
1984	264
1985	253
1986	301
1987	288
1988	286
1989	285
1990	258
1991	260
1992	305
1993	303
1994	269
1995	351
1996	278
1997	305
1998	330
1999	295
2000	291
2001	302
2002	289
2003	309
2004	289
2005	348
2006	312
2007	328
2008	319
2009	331
2010	328
2011	303
2012	352
2013	322
2014	361
2015	329
2016	317
2017	363
2018	309
2019	296
2020	328
2021	343
2022	315
2023	332
2024	351

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1949	26.5 °C
1950	26.2 °C
1951	26.3 °C
1952	26.7 °C
1953	25.9 °C
1954	27.2 °C
1955	25.5 °C
1956	26.8 °C
1957	26.1 °C
1958	27.1 °C
1959	27.2 °C
1960	27.4 °C
1961	26.6 °C
1962	26.9 °C
1963	25.9 °C
1964	25.8 °C
1965	24.9 °C
1966	27.3 °C
1967	25.8 °C
1968	25.9 °C
1969	27.4 °C
1970	26.2 °C
1971	26.1 °C
1972	26.9 °C
1973	26.9 °C
1974	27.6 °C
1975	26.0 °C
1976	26.1 °C
1977	27.4 °C
1978	27.0 °C
1979	27.5 °C
1980	26.7 °C
1981	28.4 °C
1982	26.0 °C
1983	25.6 °C
1984	26.9 °C
1985	27.6 °C
1986	27.1 °C
1987	27.2 °C
1988	26.8 °C
1989	28.0 °C
1990	27.6 °C
1991	26.3 °C
1992	28.0 °C
1993	27.3 °C
1994	28.9 °C
1995	27.2 °C
1996	28.4 °C
1997	27.8 °C
1998	26.2 °C
1999	26.6 °C
2000	29.0 °C
2001	28.8 °C
2002	28.7 °C
2003	28.4 °C
2004	28.5 °C
2005	28.2 °C
2006	29.0 °C
2007	29.6 °C
2008	28.7 °C
2009	29.0 °C
2010	28.2 °C
2011	27.9 °C
2012	29.3 °C
2013	28.9 °C
2014	29.0 °C
2015	29.1 °C
2016	29.0 °C
2017	29.4 °C
2018	30.4 °C
2019	28.7 °C
2020	29.8 °C
2021	30.1 °C
2022	29.3 °C
2023	28.3 °C
2024	30.6 °C

What this means for you: Since 1949, Henderson's last spring frost has come about 7 days earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 13 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Mccarran Intl Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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