Reddick, IL 60961 Frost Dates
60961, near Reddick, IL: the frost window
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 170 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Reddick, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Reddick's growing season runs out in roughly 7 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
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Reddick against the rest of the dataset
Reddick's growing season runs about 170 days, ranking 29,244 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 1,417 of 1,548.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 60961: local microclimates, on what one yard in Reddick can differ from the 60961 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 5b and Reddick's frost date answer different questions.