Buckley, MI 49620 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buckley, MI, ZIP 49620
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/12, about 257 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 155 frost-free days later.
Buckley sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Buckley 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.
The actual range around Buckley's last frost
05/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buckley compares
About 155 days separate Buckley's last and first frost, putting it 34,055 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 787 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Buckley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Buckley can differ from the 49620 normal.