Ethridge, TN 38456 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ethridge, TN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ethridge in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ethridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ethridge's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 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 Ethridge compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Ethridge places 16,712 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 479 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ethridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ethridge can differ from the 38456 normal.