Nashville-Davidson, TN 37236 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.
Nashville-Davidson sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
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.
The actual range around Nashville-Davidson's last frost
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 14,422 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 265 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Nashville-Davidson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Nashville-Davidson can differ from the 37236 normal.