Kaleva, MI 49689 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kaleva, MI, ZIP 49689
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/28, roughly 273 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/25, about 119 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kaleva 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 Kaleva has about 4 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 Kaleva's last frost
05/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kaleva compares
At roughly 119 frost-free days, Kaleva places 39,161 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 1,105 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Kaleva's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Kaleva can differ from the 49689 normal.