Lakesite, TN 37343 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lakesite, TN, ZIP 37343
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 230 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Lakesite, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Lakesite has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Lakesite's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakesite compares
About 230 days separate Lakesite's last and first frost, putting it 10,422 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 76 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lakesite's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakesite can differ from the 37343 normal.