Frost dates · Tennessee
Tennessee frost dates,
county by county.
Last spring frost and first fall frost probability data for all 95 counties in Tennessee, computed from the NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals. Every county page surfaces the full probability table at three temperature thresholds plus crop-specific planting guidance.
Variation across Tennessee
31 days separate the earliest and latest counties.
The median last spring frost in Sequatchie County is March 12 — 31 days earlier than Johnson County at April 12. Statewide averages aren't useful planting tools; pick your county below for the data that actually applies to your fields.
By frost timing
Counties sorted by last spring frost.
Latest at top, earliest at bottom. In most states this matches the north-to-south gradient.
- Johnson CountySpring Apr 12·Fall Oct 24195-day season
- Jefferson CountySpring Apr 11·Fall Oct 27199-day season
- Claiborne CountySpring Apr 10·Fall Oct 28201-day season
- Clay CountySpring Apr 8·Fall Oct 30205-day season
- Jackson CountySpring Apr 8·Fall Oct 30205-day season
- Van Buren CountySpring Apr 8·Fall Oct 29204-day season
- Grundy CountySpring Apr 7·Fall Oct 30206-day season
- Scott CountySpring Apr 7·Fall Oct 27203-day season
- Unicoi CountySpring Apr 7·Fall Nov 1208-day season
- Union CountySpring Apr 7·Fall Nov 3210-day season
- Washington CountySpring Apr 7·Fall Nov 1208-day season
- Greene CountySpring Apr 6·Fall Nov 1209-day season
- Cannon CountySpring Apr 5·Fall Oct 29207-day season
- Carter CountySpring Apr 5·Fall Nov 1210-day season
- Morgan CountySpring Apr 5·Fall Oct 27205-day season
- DeKalb CountySpring Apr 4·Fall Nov 1211-day season
- Campbell CountySpring Apr 3·Fall Nov 1212-day season
- Marshall CountySpring Apr 3·Fall Nov 2213-day season
- Sumner CountySpring Apr 3·Fall Oct 31211-day season
- White CountySpring Apr 3·Fall Nov 1212-day season
- Cumberland CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 1213-day season
- Fentress CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 2214-day season
- Giles CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 1213-day season
- Hancock CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 1213-day season
- Hawkins CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 1213-day season
- Moore CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 2214-day season
- Sevier CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 4216-day season
- Wayne CountySpring Apr 2·Fall Nov 3215-day season
- Coffee CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 1214-day season
- Overton CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 3216-day season
- Perry CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 3216-day season
- Putnam CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 3216-day season
- Sullivan CountySpring Apr 1·Fall Nov 1214-day season
- Dickson CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 3217-day season
- Knox CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 6220-day season
- Monroe CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 2216-day season
- Pickett CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 3217-day season
- Trousdale CountySpring Mar 31·Fall Nov 4218-day season
- Chester CountySpring Mar 30·Fall Nov 4219-day season
- Hickman CountySpring Mar 30·Fall Nov 5220-day season
- Rhea CountySpring Mar 30·Fall Nov 7222-day season
- Smith CountySpring Mar 30·Fall Nov 8223-day season
- Bledsoe CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 3219-day season
- Cheatham CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 5221-day season
- Hamblen CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 6222-day season
- Maury CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 5221-day season
- Montgomery CountySpring Mar 29·Fall Nov 9225-day season
- Henry CountySpring Mar 28·Fall Nov 8225-day season
- Houston CountySpring Mar 28·Fall Nov 14231-day season
- Robertson CountySpring Mar 28·Fall Nov 6223-day season
- Rutherford CountySpring Mar 28·Fall Nov 7224-day season
- Bedford CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 6224-day season
- Cocke CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 6224-day season
- Hamilton CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 8226-day season
- Lincoln CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 6224-day season
- McMinn CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 10228-day season
- Warren CountySpring Mar 27·Fall Nov 7225-day season
- Bradley CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 8227-day season
- Franklin CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 6225-day season
- Lawrence CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 7226-day season
- Meigs CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 10229-day season
- Polk CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 8227-day season
- Wilson CountySpring Mar 26·Fall Nov 8227-day season
- Gibson CountySpring Mar 25·Fall Nov 6226-day season
- Lewis CountySpring Mar 25·Fall Nov 10230-day season
- Loudon CountySpring Mar 25·Fall Nov 12232-day season
- Henderson CountySpring Mar 24·Fall Nov 8229-day season
- McNairy CountySpring Mar 24·Fall Nov 9230-day season
- Lake CountySpring Mar 23·Fall Nov 12234-day season
- Macon CountySpring Mar 23·Fall Nov 11233-day season
- Stewart CountySpring Mar 23·Fall Nov 11233-day season
- Weakley CountySpring Mar 23·Fall Nov 12234-day season
- Madison CountySpring Mar 22·Fall Nov 7230-day season
- Obion CountySpring Mar 22·Fall Nov 7230-day season
- Williamson CountySpring Mar 22·Fall Nov 10233-day season
- Carroll CountySpring Mar 21·Fall Nov 9233-day season
- Grainger CountySpring Mar 21·Fall Nov 14238-day season
- Hardeman CountySpring Mar 21·Fall Nov 9233-day season
- Benton CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 14239-day season
- Davidson CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 9234-day season
- Decatur CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 8233-day season
- Roane CountySpring Mar 20·Fall Nov 15240-day season
- Blount CountySpring Mar 19·Fall Nov 13239-day season
- Anderson CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 15242-day season
- Hardin CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 11238-day season
- Humphreys CountySpring Mar 18·Fall Nov 13240-day season
- Crockett CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 15244-day season
- Fayette CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 13242-day season
- Haywood CountySpring Mar 16·Fall Nov 17246-day season
- Shelby CountySpring Mar 15·Fall Nov 17247-day season
- Dyer CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 13244-day season
- Lauderdale CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 18249-day season
- Tipton CountySpring Mar 14·Fall Nov 16247-day season
- Marion CountySpring Mar 12·Fall Nov 24257-day season
- Sequatchie CountySpring Mar 12·Fall Nov 24257-day season
Alphabetical
All Tennessee counties — A to Z.
- Anderson County
- Bedford County
- Benton County
- Bledsoe County
- Blount County
- Bradley County
- Campbell County
- Cannon County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Cheatham County
- Chester County
- Claiborne County
- Clay County
- Cocke County
- Coffee County
- Crockett County
- Cumberland County
- Davidson County
- Decatur County
- DeKalb County
- Dickson County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Fentress County
- Franklin County
- Gibson County
- Giles County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Hamblen County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Hawkins County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Loudon County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- McMinn County
- McNairy County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morgan County
- Obion County
- Overton County
- Perry County
- Pickett County
- Polk County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Robertson County
- Rutherford County
- Scott County
- Sequatchie County
- Sevier County
- Shelby County
- Smith County
- Stewart County
- Sullivan County
- Sumner County
- Tipton County
- Trousdale County
- Unicoi County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weakley County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County