Coloma, MI 49084 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Coloma, MI, ZIP 49084
Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 161 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Coloma, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Coloma 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.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coloma compares
Coloma's growing season runs about 161 days, ranking 32,083 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 584 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Coloma's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Coloma's dates instead of trusting one.