Monee, IL 60449 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Monee, IL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Monee sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Monee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Monee's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Monee compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Monee places 25,281 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,028 of 1,548.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Monee can differ from the 60449 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Monee's frost date answer different questions.