Nashville-Davidson, TN 37189 Frost Dates
Nashville-Davidson, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nashville-Davidson in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Nashville-Davidson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Nashville-Davidson against the rest of the dataset
About 204 days separate Nashville-Davidson's last and first frost, putting it 16,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 452 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37189's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Nashville-Davidson can differ from the 37189 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Nashville-Davidson's frost date answer different questions.