Reese, MI 48757 Frost Dates
Reese, MI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/09, about 254 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/07, roughly 150 days after the last spring frost.
Reese 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Reese's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/09 isn't a guarantee
05/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/26 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.
Reese against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 150 frost-free days, Reese places 35,335 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 823 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48757's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Reese's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Reese's dates instead of trusting one.