Kingsley, MI 49649 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kingsley, MI, ZIP 49649
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/24, roughly 269 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/01, about 130 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingsley in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 5b around Kingsley 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.
The actual range around Kingsley's last frost
05/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/07 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 Kingsley compares
Kingsley's growing season runs about 130 days, ranking 38,390 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 1,035 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Kingsley can differ from the 49649 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Kingsley's frost date answer different questions.