Nashville-Davidson, TN 37241 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nashville-Davidson, TN, ZIP 37241
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
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.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
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 14,424 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 267 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Nashville-Davidson can differ from the 37241 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Nashville-Davidson's frost date answer different questions.