Wayland, MI 49348 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wayland, MI, ZIP 49348
Around 05/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 249 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 160 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wayland 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 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.
The actual range around Wayland'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 Wayland compares
Wayland's growing season runs about 160 days, ranking 32,302 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 626 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Wayland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wayland's dates instead of trusting one.