Edmore, MI 48891 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Edmore, MI, ZIP 48891
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 164 frost-free days later.
Edmore 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
Zone 6a around Edmore has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 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. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edmore compares
About 164 days separate Edmore's last and first frost, putting it 31,035 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 495 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Edmore's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Edmore can differ from the 48891 normal.