Lincolnwood, IL 60618 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lincolnwood, IL, ZIP 60618
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 208 frost-free days later.
Lincolnwood 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
Zone 6a around Lincolnwood has about 10 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.
The actual range around Lincolnwood's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lincolnwood compares
About 208 days separate Lincolnwood's last and first frost, putting it 15,551 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 79 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Lincolnwood's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincolnwood's dates instead of trusting one.