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Coopertown, TN 37080 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Coopertown, TN?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 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 Coopertown, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Coopertown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Coopertown compares

About 204 days separate Coopertown's last and first frost, putting it 16,583 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 465 of 770.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Coopertown can differ from the 37080 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Coopertown's frost date answer different questions.