Right now
31°C / 88°F
Clear · wind 2 km/h · 46% RH
Soil (6 cm)
25°C / 77°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
8a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -12°C
Frost window
Apr 9 – Nov 6
~211 frost-free days · first frost in ~59 days
Sun
07:12 – 19:52
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
9% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
31° / 20°
dry
Wed
Overcast
34° / 19°
dry
Thu
Drizzle
34° / 20°
0.4 mm
Fri
Showers
35° / 20°
5.3 mm
Sat
Showers
26° / 20°
5.3 mm
Sun
Showers
31° / 20°
5.9 mm
Mon
Overcast
34° / 20°
dry
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Your ecological region
Appalachian Highlands
The oldest mountains on the continent and the most diverse temperate forest: coves, ridges and cold headwater streams.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 8a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -12°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Knoxville every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.