Mount Clemens, MI 48045 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Clemens, MI?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Mount Clemens before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mount Clemens's last frost
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 27,390 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 170 of 1,153.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Mount Clemens can differ from the 48045 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Mount Clemens's frost date answer different questions.