Gilt Edge, TN 38015 Frost Dates
Gilt Edge, TN: when does the frost end?
Around 03/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 211 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
Gilt Edge sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Gilt Edge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/27 isn't a guarantee
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gilt Edge against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Gilt Edge places 12,331 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 116 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38015's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gilt Edge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gilt Edge can differ from the 38015 normal.