Ramer, TN 38393 Frost Dates
38393, near Ramer, TN: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
Ramer sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Ramer's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ramer against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Ramer places 14,540 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 280 of 770.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 38393: the frost range, on how to read the range around Ramer's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Ramer can differ from the 38393 normal.