Pellston, MI 49723 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pellston, MI?
Around 05/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 260 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pellston 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Pellston before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pellston's last frost
05/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pellston compares
At roughly 152 frost-free days, Pellston places 34,824 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 807 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pellston can differ from the 49723 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Pellston's frost date answer different questions.