Hornbeak, TN 38232 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hornbeak, TN, ZIP 38232
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.
Hornbeak 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
Zone 7b around Hornbeak has about 9 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.
The actual range around Hornbeak's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hornbeak compares
Hornbeak's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,846 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 308 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Hornbeak's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hornbeak's dates instead of trusting one.