Charlotte, TN 37056 Frost Dates
Charlotte, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
Charlotte 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Charlotte's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Charlotte against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 193 frost-free days, Charlotte places 19,966 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 595 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37056's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Charlotte can differ from the 37056 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Charlotte's frost date answer different questions.