Greeneville, TN 37745 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greeneville, TN, ZIP 37745
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 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 Greeneville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Greeneville 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greeneville compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Greeneville places 20,199 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 609 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greeneville can differ from the 37745 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Greeneville's frost date answer different questions.