Bartlett, TN 38135 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bartlett, TN, ZIP 38135
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 223 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 Bartlett, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Bartlett has about 10 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 Bartlett's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bartlett compares
About 223 days separate Bartlett's last and first frost, putting it 12,006 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 95 of 770.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bartlett can differ from the 38135 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bartlett's frost date answer different questions.