Climax, MI 49051 Frost Dates
Climax, MI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 170 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Climax in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Climax's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Climax against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Climax places 29,156 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 339 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 49051's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Climax's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Climax's dates instead of trusting one.