Goodlettsville, TN 37072 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Goodlettsville, TN?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.
Goodlettsville 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Goodlettsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Goodlettsville'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 Goodlettsville compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Goodlettsville places 16,530 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 458 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Goodlettsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Goodlettsville's dates instead of trusting one.