Kentwood, MI 49512 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kentwood, MI?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
Kentwood sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Kentwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kentwood's last frost
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kentwood compares
Kentwood's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 29,855 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 355 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Kentwood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Kentwood's dates instead of trusting one.