Nashville-Davidson, TN 37229 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nashville-Davidson, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 213 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 Nashville-Davidson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Nashville-Davidson 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
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nashville-Davidson compares
Nashville-Davidson's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,418 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 261 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Nashville-Davidson's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Nashville-Davidson's dates instead of trusting one.