Winfield, TN 42653 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Winfield, TN, ZIP 42653
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 177 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winfield 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 Winfield has about 7 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
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Winfield compares
About 177 days separate Winfield's last and first frost, putting it 26,189 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 747 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Winfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Winfield's dates instead of trusting one.