Gaylord, MI 49735 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gaylord, MI?
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/30, about 130 frost-free days later.
Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Gaylord, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 5 weeks of growing season left in Gaylord before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gaylord's last frost
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/02 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 Gaylord compares
Gaylord's growing season runs about 130 days, ranking 38,371 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 1,029 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gaylord's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gaylord can differ from the 49735 normal.