Eagle, MI 48822 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Eagle, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 162 frost-free days later.
Eagle 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Eagle before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Eagle's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eagle compares
Eagle's growing season runs about 162 days, ranking 31,894 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 556 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Eagle's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Eagle can differ from the 48822 normal.