Oliver Springs, TN 37710 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oliver Springs, TN, ZIP 37710
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 218 frost-free days later.
Oliver Springs sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Oliver Springs has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oliver Springs compares
Oliver Springs's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,268 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 167 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Oliver Springs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Oliver Springs's dates instead of trusting one.