Middleton, TN 38052 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Middleton, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 210 frost-free days later.
Middleton 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 Middleton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Middleton's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Middleton compares
Middleton's growing season runs about 210 days, ranking 15,076 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 342 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Middleton can differ from the 38052 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Middleton's frost date answer different questions.