Clawson, MI 48083 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Clawson, MI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 190 frost-free days later.
Clawson 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 Clawson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Clawson'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 Clawson compares
About 190 days separate Clawson's last and first frost, putting it 21,090 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 34 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Clawson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Clawson can differ from the 48083 normal.