Waldron, MI 49288 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waldron, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/03, about 248 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 161 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 Waldron, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Waldron before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Waldron's last frost
05/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Waldron compares
Waldron's growing season runs about 161 days, ranking 32,126 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 596 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Waldron's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Waldron can differ from the 49288 normal.