Wakefield, MI 54545 Frost Dates
54545, near Wakefield, MI: the frost window
Around 05/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 270 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/21, roughly 117 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wakefield in Zone 4a (-30 to -25°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
Wakefield's growing season runs out in roughly 3 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/08 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.
Wakefield against the rest of the dataset
Wakefield's growing season runs about 117 days, ranking 39,250 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MI, it ranks 1,115 of 1,153.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 54545: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 4a and Wakefield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Wakefield's dates instead of trusting one.