Cement City, MI 49281 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cement City, MI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/05, roughly 250 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 157 frost-free days later.
Cement City sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Cement City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 05/05 isn't a guarantee
05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cement City compares
At roughly 157 frost-free days, Cement City places 33,433 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 734 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Cement City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Cement City's dates instead of trusting one.