Lynchburg, Moore County, TN 37359 Frost Dates
37359, near Lynchburg, Moore County, TN: the frost window
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lynchburg, Moore County in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Lynchburg, Moore County's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lynchburg, Moore County against the rest of the dataset
Lynchburg, Moore County's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,258 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 620 of 770.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 37359: the frost range, on how to read the range around Lynchburg, Moore County's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Lynchburg, Moore County can differ from the 37359 normal.