What Damage Can A Late Spring Freeze Bring To Michigan?

A Michigan spring doesn't always go as planned. For one week, temperatures can feel like summer, but then a late freeze occurs and causes serious damage.

Typical Spring in Michigan

There is nothing like when those first warmer days begin in Michigan. The sun starts melting the remaining snow, birds begin chirping, and you start wearing a jacket instead of a winter coat.

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Mother Nature then begins to uncover her handiwork of Michigan potholes. Soon, the orange barrels follow, and Michiganders know spring is on its way with warmer weather.

In late April and early May, apples begin to blossom. When driving, you start smelling the fresh cut grass of lawns getting their first cut, and many people head to the local nursery to get flowers, bushes, and trees to plant. Farmers begin tilling their fields to prepare to plant crops.  It's all the signs of warm days ahead when summer will arrive.

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Sometimes Mother Nature throws Michigan a late spring freeze, which can be damaging.

What Damage Can A Late Spring Freeze Bring To Michigan?

A spring frost in Michigan can affect various plants, especially those that are not yet cold-hardy. Fruit trees, vegetables, and some flowers can be affected for an entire season because of a late frost.

Begonias, petunias, and zinnias are especially vulnerable to frost damage.

Michigan has many cherry, apple, and grape farms that stand to lose the most from a late spring freeze.

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When you get a freeze warning late spring frost advisory, bring inside what you can or cover the plants. A late cold snap in the spring can impact any early gardening, flower beds, and farm crops.