Schaumburg, IL 60194 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Schaumburg, IL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 163 frost-free days later.
Schaumburg sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Schaumburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Schaumburg compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Schaumburg places 31,306 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,512 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Schaumburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Schaumburg can differ from the 60194 normal.