Lincolnshire, IL 60069 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lincolnshire, IL, ZIP 60069
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.
Lincolnshire sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Lincolnshire has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Lincolnshire's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lincolnshire compares
About 190 days separate Lincolnshire's last and first frost, putting it 21,118 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 506 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Lincolnshire's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincolnshire's dates instead of trusting one.