Monterey, TN 38554 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Monterey, TN, ZIP 38554
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 195 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Monterey, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Monterey 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.
The actual range around Monterey's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monterey compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Monterey places 19,284 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 579 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Monterey can differ from the 38554 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Monterey's frost date answer different questions.