Lovelock climate

Lovelock Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lovelock, 1.1 km from Lovelock, elevation 3973 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Lovelock. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 11 and the first fall freeze around October 2, a growing season of about 143 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 28, first September 21
Median at 32°F
last May 11, first October 2
Median at 28°F
last April 29, first October 14

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FJun 13Jun 8Jun 4Jun 1May 28May 24May 19May 15May 10
32°FMay 31May 24May 19May 15May 11May 8May 4Apr 30Apr 26
28°FMay 15May 8May 3May 1Apr 29Apr 26Apr 23Apr 19Apr 16
24°FMay 2Apr 27Apr 22Apr 20Apr 17Apr 15Apr 12Apr 7Apr 2
20°FApr 22Apr 17Apr 13Apr 10Apr 5Apr 1Mar 28Mar 22Mar 12
16°FApr 12Apr 4Mar 29Mar 21Mar 13Mar 8Mar 3Feb 25Feb 14

First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FSep 6Sep 11Sep 15Sep 19Sep 21Sep 24Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5
32°FSep 19Sep 24Sep 27Sep 30Oct 2Oct 5Oct 8Oct 11Oct 16
28°FSep 30Oct 5Oct 8Oct 12Oct 14Oct 17Oct 20Oct 23Oct 27
24°FOct 11Oct 16Oct 20Oct 23Oct 25Oct 28Oct 30Nov 2Nov 6
20°FOct 20Oct 25Oct 28Oct 31Nov 2Nov 5Nov 8Nov 12Nov 15
16°FOct 27Nov 1Nov 5Nov 9Nov 12Nov 15Nov 19Nov 22Nov 28

Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F1381301231181131091059991
32°F163156152147143139133126117
28°F186181175171167163159155147
24°F211203197193189185180175168
20°F238227220214209204199195188
16°F274263255247240233226217206

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
100% of years
24°F or colder
100% of years
20°F or colder
100% of years
16°F or colder
100% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
5,339
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
853
Growing degree days, base 40°F
5,404
Growing degree days, base 45°F
4,152
Growing degree days, base 50°F
3,086
Growing degree days, base 55°F
2,194
Growing degree days, base 60°F
1,453

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January1,00400
February75301
March625024
April437197
May20632305
June49142544
July2340803
August5261721
September7974447
October3923138
November75307
December1,03400

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 1.1 km from Lovelock. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USC00264698 (Lovelock). Public domain.