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De Tour Village, MI 49725 Frost Dates

When can you plant in De Tour Village, MI?

Zone 5b

Around 05/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 250 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 167 frost-free days later.

De Tour Village sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in De Tour Village before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around De Tour Village's last frost

05/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How De Tour Village compares

De Tour Village's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,194 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 379 of 1,153.

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