Elliott, IL 60933 Frost Dates
Elliott, IL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 178 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elliott 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
With roughly 7 weeks until Elliott's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Elliott's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elliott against the rest of the dataset
Elliott's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,911 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 1,107 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 60933's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Elliott's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Elliott's dates instead of trusting one.