Halls, TN 38040 Frost Dates
Halls, TN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 221 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Halls in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Halls's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Halls against the rest of the dataset
Halls's growing season runs about 221 days, ranking 12,526 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 124 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38040's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Halls can differ from the 38040 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Halls's frost date answer different questions.