Nashville-Davidson, TN 37230 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nashville-Davidson, TN, ZIP 37230
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 213 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Nashville-Davidson has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
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
About 213 days separate Nashville-Davidson's last and first frost, putting it 14,419 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 262 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Nashville-Davidson's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Nashville-Davidson can differ from the 37230 normal.