Henry, TN 38236 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Henry, TN?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 206 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 Henry, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Henry before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Henry's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Henry compares
About 206 days separate Henry's last and first frost, putting it 16,103 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 436 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Henry can differ from the 38236 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Henry's frost date answer different questions.