Hickory Valley, TN 38042 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hickory Valley, TN?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 217 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 Hickory Valley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Hickory Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hickory Valley's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hickory Valley compares
About 217 days separate Hickory Valley's last and first frost, putting it 13,658 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 194 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Hickory Valley's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Hickory Valley's dates instead of trusting one.