Wayland, MI 49335 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wayland, MI, ZIP 49335
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 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 Wayland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Wayland 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.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wayland compares
Wayland's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 29,958 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 363 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wayland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wayland can differ from the 49335 normal.