Elk Rapids, MI 49673 Frost Dates
Elk Rapids, MI: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/13, roughly 258 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 158 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elk Rapids in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Elk Rapids's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Elk Rapids's last frost
05/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elk Rapids against the rest of the dataset
Elk Rapids's growing season runs about 158 days, ranking 33,023 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 671 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 49673's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Elk Rapids can differ from the 49673 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Elk Rapids's frost date answer different questions.