De Tour Village, MI 49736 Frost Dates
When can you plant in De Tour Village, MI?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/31, roughly 276 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/25, about 116 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 De Tour Village, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 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
05/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How De Tour Village compares
About 116 days separate De Tour Village's last and first frost, putting it 39,296 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 1,121 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in De Tour Village can differ from the 49736 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and De Tour Village's frost date answer different questions.