Lincolnwood, IL 60659 Frost Dates
Lincolnwood, IL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lincolnwood, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Lincolnwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
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 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lincolnwood against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Lincolnwood's last and first frost, putting it 15,555 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 83 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 60659's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lincolnwood can differ from the 60659 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Lincolnwood's frost date answer different questions.