Northville, MI 48175 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Northville, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 160 frost-free days later.
Northville sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Northville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Northville's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Northville compares
About 160 days separate Northville's last and first frost, putting it 32,291 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 623 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Northville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Northville can differ from the 48175 normal.