Hudson, MI 49247 Frost Dates
Hudson, MI: when does the frost end?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hudson 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 8 weeks until Hudson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Hudson's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hudson against the rest of the dataset
Hudson's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,922 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 223 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 49247's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hudson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hudson can differ from the 49247 normal.