Shelbyville, TN 37162 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shelbyville, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
Shelbyville 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Shelbyville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shelbyville compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Shelbyville places 16,521 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 456 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Shelbyville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Shelbyville can differ from the 37162 normal.