Ferndale, MI 48221 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ferndale, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 181 frost-free days later.
Ferndale 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Ferndale 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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ferndale compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Ferndale places 24,467 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 78 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ferndale's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ferndale's dates instead of trusting one.