Collegedale, TN 37302 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Collegedale, TN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 230 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Collegedale in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Collegedale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Collegedale's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Collegedale compares
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Collegedale places 10,352 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 71 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Collegedale's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Collegedale's dates instead of trusting one.