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Pittman Center, TN 37722 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pittman Center, TN?

Zone 7b

Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.

Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Pittman Center, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Pittman Center before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Pittman Center's last frost

04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pittman Center compares

About 203 days separate Pittman Center's last and first frost, putting it 17,027 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 516 of 770.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Pittman Center's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Pittman Center can differ from the 37722 normal.