Center Line, MI 48015 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Center Line, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 190 frost-free days later.
Center Line sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Center Line before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Center Line's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Center Line compares
About 190 days separate Center Line's last and first frost, putting it 21,111 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 37 of 1,153.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Center Line can differ from the 48015 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Center Line's frost date answer different questions.