Monteagle, TN 37375 Frost Dates
Monteagle, TN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 216 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Monteagle 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
With roughly 10 weeks until Monteagle's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Monteagle's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Monteagle against the rest of the dataset
Monteagle's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,839 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 203 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 37375's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Monteagle's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Monteagle can differ from the 37375 normal.