Nashville-Davidson, TN 37224 Frost Dates
Nashville-Davidson, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 213 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 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Nashville-Davidson against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Nashville-Davidson places 14,415 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 258 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37224's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Nashville-Davidson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Nashville-Davidson can differ from the 37224 normal.