Carsonville, MI 48419 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carsonville, MI?
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 165 frost-free days later.
Carsonville 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 Carsonville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Carsonville's last frost
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carsonville compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Carsonville places 30,699 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 465 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Carsonville can differ from the 48419 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Carsonville's frost date answer different questions.