Stanton, MI 48888 Frost Dates
Stanton, MI: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/18, roughly 263 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/28, roughly 133 days after the last spring frost.
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 Stanton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Stanton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/18 isn't a guarantee
05/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stanton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 133 frost-free days, Stanton places 38,075 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 998 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 48888's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stanton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stanton can differ from the 48888 normal.