Manchester, TN 37389 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Manchester, TN, ZIP 37389
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Manchester in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Manchester has about 8 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 Manchester's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Manchester compares
About 192 days separate Manchester's last and first frost, putting it 20,210 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 614 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Manchester's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Manchester can differ from the 37389 normal.