Sneedville, TN 24281 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sneedville, TN, ZIP 24281
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Sneedville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Sneedville has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sneedville compares
About 197 days separate Sneedville's last and first frost, putting it 18,721 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 566 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Sneedville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Sneedville's dates instead of trusting one.