Melvin, MI 48454 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Melvin, MI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/12, roughly 257 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 147 frost-free days later.
Melvin 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 5 weeks of growing season left in Melvin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/12 isn't a guarantee
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Melvin compares
At roughly 147 frost-free days, Melvin places 35,991 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 873 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Melvin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Melvin can differ from the 48454 normal.