Hamtramck, MI 48211 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hamtramck, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hamtramck 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Hamtramck before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hamtramck'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 Hamtramck compares
Hamtramck's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,049 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 24 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hamtramck's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hamtramck can differ from the 48211 normal.