Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Frost Dates
Rolling Meadows, IL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rolling Meadows in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks until Rolling Meadows's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rolling Meadows against the rest of the dataset
Rolling Meadows's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,055 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 500 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 60008's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Rolling Meadows's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Rolling Meadows's dates instead of trusting one.