Sanford, MI 48667 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sanford, MI, ZIP 48667
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sanford in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Sanford has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Sanford's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sanford compares
Sanford's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,104 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 374 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Sanford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Sanford's dates instead of trusting one.