Memphis, TN 38106 Frost Dates
Memphis, TN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/16, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Memphis in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Memphis's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Memphis against the rest of the dataset
About 244 days separate Memphis's last and first frost, putting it 8,105 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 11 of 770.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38106's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Memphis's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Memphis's dates instead of trusting one.