FrostDateCheck

Cedar Hill, TN 37032 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Cedar Hill, TN?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Hill in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Cedar Hill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Cedar Hill's last frost

04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Cedar Hill compares

About 204 days separate Cedar Hill's last and first frost, putting it 16,760 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 482 of 770.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Cedar Hill can differ from the 37032 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Cedar Hill's frost date answer different questions.