Zeeland, MI 49464 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Zeeland, MI, ZIP 49464
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Zeeland 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 Zeeland has about 8 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 Zeeland's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Zeeland compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Zeeland places 26,872 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 144 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Zeeland can differ from the 49464 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Zeeland's frost date answer different questions.