Schaumburg, IL 60193 Frost Dates
60193, near Schaumburg, IL: the frost window
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 163 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Schaumburg in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Schaumburg's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Schaumburg against the rest of the dataset
Schaumburg's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,305 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 1,511 of 1,548.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 60193: local microclimates, on what one yard in Schaumburg can differ from the 60193 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 5b and Schaumburg's frost date answer different questions.