Yale, MI 48032 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Yale, MI, ZIP 48032
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 171 frost-free days later.
Yale sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Yale has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Yale compares
About 171 days separate Yale's last and first frost, putting it 28,684 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 293 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Yale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Yale can differ from the 48032 normal.