Tawas City, MI 48763 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tawas City, MI, ZIP 48763
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/08, about 253 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/05, about 148 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Tawas City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Tawas City has about 5 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.
Why 05/08 isn't a guarantee
05/08 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. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tawas City compares
At roughly 148 frost-free days, Tawas City places 35,730 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 842 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tawas City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tawas City can differ from the 48763 normal.