Mount Pleasant, TN 38461 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pleasant, TN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.
Mount Pleasant 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Mount Pleasant before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Mount Pleasant compares
About 204 days separate Mount Pleasant's last and first frost, putting it 16,581 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 463 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Mount Pleasant's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Mount Pleasant's dates instead of trusting one.