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Perry, MI 48882 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Perry, MI?

Zone 6a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 frost-free days later.

Perry 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 Perry before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Perry's last frost

04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 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 Perry compares

About 173 days separate Perry's last and first frost, putting it 27,932 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 225 of 1,153.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Perry's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Perry can differ from the 48882 normal.