Robbins, IL 60472 Frost Dates
60472, near Robbins, IL: the frost window
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Robbins in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Robbins's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Robbins against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 203 frost-free days, Robbins places 16,904 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 164 of 1,548.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 60472: the frost range, on how to read the range around Robbins's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Robbins can differ from the 60472 normal.