Cleveland, TN 37336 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cleveland, TN?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 208 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Cleveland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cleveland's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cleveland compares
About 208 days separate Cleveland's last and first frost, putting it 15,523 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 353 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cleveland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cleveland can differ from the 37336 normal.