When to plant in Wildwood, TN

Planting dates worked out from Wildwood's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 16

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 31

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 1

1 year in 10 by Oct 19

Frost-free days

216

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Knoxville Ap · 10.4 km away · station 296 m, town 278 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 19 – Mar 5	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 10
Sweet pepper	Feb 5 – Feb 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 15
Lettuce (leaf)	Jan 27 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 12
Peas	—	Feb 17 – Mar 17	Apr 13
Bush beans	—	Apr 9 – Apr 30	May 29
Carrot	—	Mar 10 – Apr 21	May 9
Beet	—	Mar 3 – Apr 14	Apr 22
Potato	—	Mar 10 – Mar 31	May 19
Kale	Jan 20 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 15
Broccoli	Jan 20 – Feb 3	Mar 3 – Mar 24	May 2
Cucumber	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 5
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	May 31
Winter squash	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jul 5
Sweet corn	—	Apr 9 – Apr 30	Jun 8
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 3 – Mar 24	Jun 1
Garlic	—	Oct 18 – Nov 15 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Feb 17 – Mar 17	Mar 27
Basil	Mar 5 – Mar 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 12

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Wildwood's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1910	Mar 16
1911	Apr 2
1912	Mar 26
1913	Mar 28
1914	Apr 10
1915	Apr 4
1916	Apr 10
1917	Mar 19
1918	Apr 10
1919	Apr 2
1920	Apr 14
1921	Apr 11
1922	Mar 6
1923	Apr 9
1924	Apr 2
1925	Mar 16
1926	Mar 28
1927	Apr 23
1928	Apr 16
1929	Mar 18
1930	Mar 26
1931	Mar 18
1932	Mar 23
1933	Mar 22
1934	Mar 16
1935	Mar 13
1936	Apr 8
1937	Mar 29
1938	Apr 3
1939	Apr 8
1940	Apr 13
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 9
1946	Mar 12
1947	Mar 31
1948	Mar 29
1949	Apr 17
1950	Apr 16
1951	Mar 27
1952	Mar 25
1953	Apr 21
1954	Mar 22
1955	Mar 31
1956	Apr 21
1957	Mar 29
1958	Apr 8
1959	Mar 19
1960	Apr 11
1961	Apr 8
1962	Apr 17
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 1
1965	Mar 22
1966	Apr 10
1967	Mar 19
1968	Mar 25
1969	Apr 1
1970	Apr 3
1971	Mar 27
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 14
1974	Mar 22
1975	Apr 13
1976	Mar 23
1977	Mar 23
1978	Mar 18
1979	Mar 26
1980	Mar 22
1981	Mar 25
1982	Apr 23
1983	Apr 21
1984	Apr 2
1985	Apr 10
1986	May 4
1987	Apr 10
1988	Apr 20
1989	Apr 13
1990	Apr 13
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 5
1993	Apr 22
1994	Apr 8
1995	Mar 11
1996	Apr 10
1997	Apr 15
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 28
2000	Apr 9
2001	Apr 19
2002	Mar 28
2003	Mar 31
2004	Apr 5
2005	Mar 19
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 10
2008	Mar 25
2009	Apr 7
2010	Mar 27
2011	Feb 26
2012	Mar 6
2013	Mar 29
2014	Apr 16
2015	Apr 5
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 20
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 1
2020	Mar 8
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 10
2023	Mar 21
2024	Mar 19

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1910	226
1911	213
1912	220
1913	206
1914	200
1915	224
1916	217
1917	207
1918	205
1919	224
1920	198
1921	205
1922	260
1923	205
1924	231
1925	225
1926	219
1927	196
1928	218
1929	232
1930	209
1931	229
1932	233
1933	231
1934	240
1935	252
1936	221
1937	208
1938	219
1939	206
1940	208
1941	225
1942	196
1943	184
1944	204
1945	239
1946	246
1947	226
1948	202
1949	200
1950	208
1951	220
1952	209
1953	198
1954	222
1955	217
1956	205
1957	212
1958	213
1959	232
1960	206
1961	201
1962	191
1963	220
1964	233
1965	216
1966	205
1967	222
1968	214
1969	205
1970	226
1971	222
1972	193
1973	209
1974	237
1975	214
1976	218
1977	233
1978	262
1979	232
1980	228
1981	227
1982	185
1983	198
1984	218
1985	211
1986	192
1987	176
1988	175
1989	204
1990	196
1991	216
1992	197
1993	192
1994	228
1995	237
1996	206
1997	190
1998	227
1999	210
2000	183
2001	181
2002	218
2003	227
2004	223
2005	223
2006	200
2007	210
2008	217
2009	194
2010	223
2011	247
2012	239
2013	209
2014	199
2015	222
2016	223
2017	223
2018	206
2019	214
2020	238
2021	198
2022	190
2023	224
2024	249

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1910	20.9 °C
1911	22.4 °C
1912	21.7 °C
1913	22.0 °C
1914	22.0 °C
1915	21.8 °C
1916	21.4 °C
1917	20.4 °C
1918	21.2 °C
1919	22.0 °C
1920	20.9 °C
1921	22.6 °C
1922	22.0 °C
1923	21.4 °C
1924	20.9 °C
1925	23.3 °C
1926	22.0 °C
1927	21.9 °C
1928	20.7 °C
1929	21.6 °C
1930	22.6 °C
1931	22.6 °C
1932	22.5 °C
1933	23.1 °C
1934	23.0 °C
1935	22.4 °C
1936	23.5 °C
1937	22.2 °C
1938	22.3 °C
1939	22.6 °C
1940	21.4 °C
1941	23.3 °C
1942	21.9 °C
1943	22.2 °C
1944	22.6 °C
1945	21.9 °C
1946	21.6 °C
1947	21.7 °C
1948	22.4 °C
1949	21.8 °C
1950	21.1 °C
1951	22.0 °C
1952	22.8 °C
1953	22.4 °C
1954	23.1 °C
1955	22.9 °C
1956	21.7 °C
1957	22.9 °C
1958	22.1 °C
1959	22.7 °C
1960	22.2 °C
1961	19.9 °C
1962	22.1 °C
1963	20.9 °C
1964	21.3 °C
1965	22.8 °C
1966	21.4 °C
1967	20.2 °C
1968	21.4 °C
1969	21.5 °C
1970	22.4 °C
1971	21.4 °C
1972	21.0 °C
1973	21.2 °C
1974	21.4 °C
1975	21.8 °C
1976	20.7 °C
1977	23.1 °C
1978	22.4 °C
1979	21.5 °C
1980	23.0 °C
1981	22.4 °C
1982	21.3 °C
1983	21.1 °C
1984	20.1 °C
1985	20.9 °C
1986	22.5 °C
1987	22.1 °C
1988	21.7 °C
1989	21.0 °C
1990	21.8 °C
1991	22.7 °C
1992	20.9 °C
1993	22.2 °C
1994	21.5 °C
1995	22.5 °C
1996	21.2 °C
1997	20.6 °C
1998	22.7 °C
1999	21.9 °C
2000	21.6 °C
2001	21.8 °C
2002	22.7 °C
2003	21.5 °C
2004	21.6 °C
2005	22.0 °C
2006	22.3 °C
2007	22.8 °C
2008	22.1 °C
2009	21.5 °C
2010	23.8 °C
2011	23.1 °C
2012	22.7 °C
2013	21.5 °C
2014	21.9 °C
2015	22.7 °C
2016	23.6 °C
2017	22.2 °C
2018	22.9 °C
2019	23.4 °C
2020	21.7 °C
2021	21.8 °C
2022	22.6 °C
2023	21.9 °C
2024	23.0 °C

What this means for you: Since 1910, Wildwood's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Knoxville Ap (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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