Skokie, IL 60076 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Skokie, IL, ZIP 60076
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Skokie in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Skokie 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 Skokie's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Skokie compares
About 176 days separate Skokie's last and first frost, putting it 26,347 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 1,149 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Skokie's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Skokie's dates instead of trusting one.