Memphis, TX 79245 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Memphis, TX, ZIP 79245
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 215 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Memphis 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 Memphis's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Memphis compares
About 215 days separate Memphis's last and first frost, putting it 14,106 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,343 of 2,558.
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 79245 normal.