Germantown, TN 38139 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Germantown, TN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/22, about 206 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 230 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 Germantown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Germantown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/22 isn't a guarantee
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Germantown compares
About 230 days separate Germantown's last and first frost, putting it 10,315 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TN, it ranks 60 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Germantown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Germantown's dates instead of trusting one.