Toone, TN 38392 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Toone, TN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 207 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 Toone, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Toone before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Toone's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Toone compares
About 207 days separate Toone's last and first frost, putting it 15,878 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 410 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Toone's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Toone can differ from the 38392 normal.