White Pigeon, MI 49099 Frost Dates
49099, near White Pigeon, MI: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/28, about 243 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts White Pigeon 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
White Pigeon's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
White Pigeon against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 171 frost-free days, White Pigeon places 28,687 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 294 of 1,153.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 49099: local microclimates, on what one yard in White Pigeon can differ from the 49099 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and White Pigeon's frost date answer different questions.