Baldwin, MI 49304 Frost Dates
Baldwin, MI: when does the frost end?
Around 05/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 273 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/25, roughly 119 days after the last spring frost.
Baldwin sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Baldwin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Baldwin against the rest of the dataset
Baldwin's growing season runs about 119 days, ranking 39,153 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 1,102 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 49304's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Baldwin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Baldwin's dates instead of trusting one.