Hendersonville, TN 37138 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hendersonville, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 216 frost-free days later.
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 Hendersonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Hendersonville 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
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hendersonville compares
Hendersonville's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,714 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 197 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hendersonville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hendersonville can differ from the 37138 normal.