Hopkins, MI 49328 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hopkins, MI, ZIP 49328
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 160 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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.
The actual range around Hopkins's last frost
05/04 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. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hopkins compares
About 160 days separate Hopkins's last and first frost, putting it 32,469 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 639 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hopkins can differ from the 49328 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Hopkins's frost date answer different questions.