Carthage, TN 37151 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carthage, TN?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Carthage, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Carthage before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carthage compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Carthage places 17,529 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 541 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Carthage's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Carthage's dates instead of trusting one.