Carney, MI 49863 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carney, MI?
Around 05/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 267 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/27, about 126 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 Carney, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 4 weeks of growing season left in Carney before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carney compares
At roughly 126 frost-free days, Carney places 38,729 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 1,074 of 1,153.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5a and Carney's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Carney's dates instead of trusting one.