Red Bank, TN 37415 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Red Bank, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 230 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Red Bank, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Red Bank before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Red Bank's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Red Bank compares
Red Bank's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,347 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 70 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Red Bank's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Red Bank's dates instead of trusting one.