Broadview, IL 60141 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Broadview, IL, ZIP 60141
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 201 frost-free days later.
Broadview 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 Broadview has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Broadview compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Broadview places 17,493 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 250 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Broadview's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Broadview can differ from the 60141 normal.