Fruitport, MI 49415 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fruitport, MI, ZIP 49415
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 170 frost-free days later.
Fruitport sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Fruitport 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fruitport compares
About 170 days separate Fruitport's last and first frost, putting it 29,102 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 332 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Fruitport's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Fruitport's dates instead of trusting one.