Monteagle, TN 37356 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Monteagle, TN, ZIP 37356
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 216 frost-free days later.
Monteagle 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
Zone 7b around Monteagle 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monteagle compares
About 216 days separate Monteagle's last and first frost, putting it 13,837 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 201 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Monteagle's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Monteagle's dates instead of trusting one.