Maybee, MI 48159 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Maybee, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 158 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maybee in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Maybee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Maybee compares
About 158 days separate Maybee's last and first frost, putting it 33,099 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 676 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Maybee's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Maybee can differ from the 48159 normal.