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Huntingdon, TN 38344 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Huntingdon, TN?

Zone 7b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 211 frost-free days later.

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Huntingdon's last frost

04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Huntingdon compares

Huntingdon's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,755 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 297 of 770.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Huntingdon's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Huntingdon's dates instead of trusting one.