Schaumburg, IL 60196 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Schaumburg, IL, ZIP 60196
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
Zone 5b around Schaumburg has about 7 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
04/30 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 31,307 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,513 of 1,548.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Schaumburg can differ from the 60196 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Schaumburg's frost date answer different questions.