Minor Hill, TN 38473 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minor Hill, TN, ZIP 38473
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 219 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minor Hill 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
Zone 7b around Minor Hill has about 10 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.
Why 03/29 isn't a guarantee
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Minor Hill compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Minor Hill places 13,088 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 157 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Minor Hill's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Minor Hill can differ from the 38473 normal.