Lathrup Village, MI 48076 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lathrup Village, MI, ZIP 48076
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 165 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lathrup Village in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lathrup Village has about 7 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 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lathrup Village compares
About 165 days separate Lathrup Village's last and first frost, putting it 30,568 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 451 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lathrup Village's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lathrup Village's dates instead of trusting one.