Garden, MI 49835 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Garden, MI, ZIP 49835
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/16, about 261 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/24, about 129 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Garden 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 Garden 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 Garden's last frost
05/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Garden compares
Garden's growing season runs about 129 days, ranking 38,509 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 1,044 of 1,153.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Garden can differ from the 49835 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Garden's frost date answer different questions.