Suttons Bay, MI 49653 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Suttons Bay, MI?
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 140 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Suttons Bay 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Suttons Bay before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Suttons Bay's last frost
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/04 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 Suttons Bay compares
At roughly 140 frost-free days, Suttons Bay places 37,125 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 912 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Suttons Bay's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Suttons Bay's dates instead of trusting one.