Rossville, TN 38066 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rossville, TN, ZIP 38066
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 219 frost-free days later.
Rossville sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Zone 8a around Rossville has about 10 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
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rossville compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Rossville places 13,063 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 152 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Rossville can differ from the 38066 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Rossville's frost date answer different questions.