Capac, MI 48014 Frost Dates
Capac, MI: when does the frost end?
Around 05/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 257 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Capac in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Capac's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Capac against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 147 frost-free days, Capac places 35,920 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 862 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48014's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Capac's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Capac can differ from the 48014 normal.