Mount Clemens, MI 48036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mount Clemens, MI, ZIP 48036
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 174 frost-free days later.
Mount Clemens 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
Zone 6b around Mount Clemens 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mount Clemens compares
About 174 days separate Mount Clemens's last and first frost, putting it 27,386 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 166 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Mount Clemens's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mount Clemens's dates instead of trusting one.