Deckerville, MI 48427 Frost Dates
Deckerville, MI: when does the frost end?
Around 05/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 247 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Deckerville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Deckerville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Deckerville against the rest of the dataset
About 165 days separate Deckerville's last and first frost, putting it 30,649 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 462 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48427's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Deckerville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Deckerville can differ from the 48427 normal.