Last Frost Date Lansing: Frost Dates, Late Frost Risk & Growing Season
When is the last spring frost and the first autumn frost in Lansing? Frost dates from 30 years of data, the risk of late frost, frost-free days and planting dates.
The frost season in Lansing
- Last frost (average): April 28
- In 1 year out of 10 it still freezes on May 13.
- First frost: October 16
- Frost-free season: 169 days
- Frost after 15 May: in 7 % of years
Frost days per month in Lansing
- January: 28.4 · -8 °C
- February: 26.4 · -8 °C
- March: 24.2 · -3 °C
- April: 10.1 · 2 °C
- May: 0.7 · 9 °C
- June: 0 · 14 °C
- July: 0 · 16 °C
- August: 0 · 15 °C
- September: 0.1 · 11 °C
- October: 3.2 · 5 °C
- November: 17 · 0 °C
- December: 26.8 · -5 °C
- Matched to the average lows of a weather station 9 km away – accurate to about ±1–2 weeks.
- Daily minimum temperatures 2 m above ground over 30 years (1991–2020), NASA POWER; station data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Ground frost can form while the air at 2 m is still +2 to +3 °C.