Baraga, MI 49908 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Baraga, MI, ZIP 49908
Around 05/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 270 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/23, about 119 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Baraga in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 5a around Baraga 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Baraga compares
At roughly 119 frost-free days, Baraga places 39,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MI, it ranks 1,099 of 1,153.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Baraga's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Baraga can differ from the 49908 normal.