Friendship, TN 38070 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Friendship, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 221 frost-free days later.
Friendship sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Friendship before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/28 isn't a guarantee
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Friendship compares
At roughly 221 frost-free days, Friendship places 12,558 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 126 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Friendship's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Friendship's dates instead of trusting one.