Henderson, TN 38352 Frost Dates
Henderson, TN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Henderson in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Henderson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Henderson's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Henderson against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Henderson's last and first frost, putting it 15,574 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 363 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38352's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Henderson's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Henderson's dates instead of trusting one.