Cross Plains, TN 37049 Frost Dates
Cross Plains, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 206 days after the last spring frost.
Cross Plains 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Cross Plains's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cross Plains against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Cross Plains places 16,038 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 425 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37049's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cross Plains can differ from the 37049 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Cross Plains's frost date answer different questions.