New Tazewell, TN 37773 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New Tazewell, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 217 frost-free days later.
New Tazewell 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in New Tazewell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New Tazewell's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Tazewell compares
New Tazewell's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,495 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 183 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in New Tazewell can differ from the 37773 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and New Tazewell's frost date answer different questions.