Gilt Edge, TN 38023 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gilt Edge, TN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/27, about 211 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 222 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Gilt Edge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Gilt Edge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gilt Edge's last frost
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gilt Edge compares
Gilt Edge's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,332 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 117 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Gilt Edge can differ from the 38023 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Gilt Edge's frost date answer different questions.