Minor Hill, TN 38460 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minor Hill, TN, ZIP 38460
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 193 frost-free days later.
Minor Hill 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
Zone 7b around Minor Hill has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Minor Hill compares
At roughly 193 frost-free days, Minor Hill places 20,051 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 601 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Minor Hill can differ from the 38460 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Minor Hill's frost date answer different questions.