Akron, MI 48701 Frost Dates
Akron, MI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/07, about 252 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 154 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Akron, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Akron'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
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Akron against the rest of the dataset
About 154 days separate Akron's last and first frost, putting it 34,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 796 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48701's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Akron can differ from the 48701 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Akron's frost date answer different questions.