Yale, MI 48097 Frost Dates
Yale, MI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/05, roughly 147 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yale in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 5 weeks until Yale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Yale against the rest of the dataset
Yale's growing season runs about 147 days, ranking 35,921 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 863 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48097's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Yale's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Yale's dates instead of trusting one.