Memphis, TN 38107 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Memphis, TN, ZIP 38107
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 244 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 Memphis, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Memphis has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Memphis's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Memphis compares
Memphis's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,106 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 12 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Memphis's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Memphis's dates instead of trusting one.