Slayden, TN 37052 Frost Dates
Slayden, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Slayden, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Slayden'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
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Slayden against the rest of the dataset
Slayden's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 17,058 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 523 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37052's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Slayden can differ from the 37052 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Slayden's frost date answer different questions.