Crossville, TN 38571 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crossville, TN, ZIP 38571
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 185 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crossville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Crossville 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 Crossville's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crossville compares
About 185 days separate Crossville's last and first frost, putting it 23,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 714 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Crossville can differ from the 38571 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Crossville's frost date answer different questions.