Albion, MI 49224 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albion, MI, ZIP 49224
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 164 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Albion, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Albion 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 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
About 164 days separate Albion's last and first frost, putting it 30,895 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 480 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albion can differ from the 49224 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Albion's frost date answer different questions.