Memphis, TN 38118 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Memphis, TN, ZIP 38118
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 244 frost-free days later.
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.
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
About 244 days separate Memphis's last and first frost, putting it 8,113 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 19 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Memphis's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Memphis can differ from the 38118 normal.