East Grand Rapids, MI 49351 Frost Dates
When can you plant in East Grand Rapids, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 157 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 East Grand Rapids, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 6 weeks of growing season left in East Grand Rapids before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around East Grand Rapids's last frost
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Grand Rapids compares
East Grand Rapids's growing season runs about 157 days, ranking 33,260 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 701 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and East Grand Rapids's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around East Grand Rapids's dates instead of trusting one.