Benton, TN 37362 Frost Dates
37362, near Benton, TN: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Benton 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
Benton's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benton against the rest of the dataset
Benton's growing season runs about 212 days, ranking 14,622 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 283 of 770.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 37362: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Benton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Benton's dates instead of trusting one.