Baraga, MI 49958 Frost Dates
Baraga, MI: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/25, about 270 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/23, roughly 119 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Baraga's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/25 isn't a guarantee
05/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Baraga against the rest of the dataset
About 119 days separate Baraga's last and first frost, putting it 39,149 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MI, it ranks 1,101 of 1,153.
Learn more
Before leaning on 49958's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5a and Baraga's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Baraga's dates instead of trusting one.