Gladwin, MI 48624 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gladwin, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 148 frost-free days later.
Gladwin sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Gladwin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gladwin's last frost
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gladwin compares
At roughly 148 frost-free days, Gladwin places 35,718 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 836 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gladwin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gladwin can differ from the 48624 normal.