Last and first frost dates in Nottingham

When is the last frost in Nottingham?

The last frost in Nottingham usually comes around 7 April: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 17 March, while corn waits until 30 April. The first autumn frost follows around 23 November, about 230 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Nottingham

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 6 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 49 days after it.

Frost dates near Nottingham

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Lincoln (United Kingdom) (1 April) and latest in Leicester (20 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Nottingham

Within 15 km of Nottingham OpenStreetMap lists 34 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 12 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is The Potting Shed, 3 km away.

• The Potting Shed — garden centre
  Carlton Hill 317, NG4 1GL Nottingham · Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–17:30 · 3 km
• Riseholme Feeds Country Store — farm supply
  Costock Road, NG12 5QT Nottingham · 13 km · riseholmefeeds.co.uk
• Frost's Plant Centre — plant nursery
  Fosse Way, NG13 8JA Nottingham · 14 km · dwfrost.com
• Victoria Centre Market — market
  Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 09:00–18:00; Wed 09:00–19:30; Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 11:00–17:00 · 1 km
• Spring Lane Farm Shop — farm shop
  Spring Lane 382, NG3 5RQ Nottingham · Tue–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–15:00; Mon closed · 6 km
• Nottingham Environmental Woodcraft — garden centre
  Woodborough Road 850, NG3 5QQ Nottingham · 4 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Nottingham
• Selling your own harvest in the United Kingdom

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Nottingham by month

Average weather in Nottingham over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: July (21.4 °C) and August (21 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.6 °C. About 784 mm of rain falls in a year, on 147 days; October is the wettest month (80 mm) and April the driest (45 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).