Wood Dale, IL 60191 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wood Dale, IL, ZIP 60191
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wood Dale 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 Wood Dale 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
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wood Dale compares
At roughly 193 frost-free days, Wood Dale places 19,759 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 385 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wood Dale's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wood Dale can differ from the 60191 normal.