Maywood, IL 60153 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Maywood, IL?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maywood 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Maywood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Maywood's last frost
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 Maywood compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Maywood places 17,450 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 239 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Maywood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Maywood can differ from the 60153 normal.