Mount Pleasant, MI 48804 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Pleasant, MI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 171 frost-free days later.
Mount Pleasant 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Mount Pleasant before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 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 Mount Pleasant compares
At roughly 171 frost-free days, Mount Pleasant places 28,599 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 286 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Mount Pleasant's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mount Pleasant can differ from the 48804 normal.