Lincolnwood, IL 60645 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lincolnwood, IL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lincolnwood before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lincolnwood's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 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 Lincolnwood compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Lincolnwood places 26,396 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,161 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Lincolnwood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lincolnwood's dates instead of trusting one.