Blissfield, MI 49228 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blissfield, MI, ZIP 49228
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blissfield in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Blissfield 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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blissfield compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Blissfield places 29,711 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 351 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blissfield's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blissfield can differ from the 49228 normal.