Nashville, IN 47468 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nashville, IN?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Nashville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nashville compares
About 192 days separate Nashville's last and first frost, putting it 20,451 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 224 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Nashville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Nashville's dates instead of trusting one.