Chapel Hill, TN 37034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Chapel Hill, TN?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 192 frost-free days later.
Chapel Hill sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Chapel Hill before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Chapel Hill's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chapel Hill compares
Chapel Hill's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,394 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 631 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Chapel Hill's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Chapel Hill's dates instead of trusting one.