Montague, MI 49463 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Montague, MI, ZIP 49463
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/19, about 264 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/04, about 136 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Montague in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Montague has about 5 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
05/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montague compares
At roughly 136 frost-free days, Montague places 37,692 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 951 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Montague's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Montague can differ from the 49463 normal.