Durand, IL 61024 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Durand, IL, ZIP 61024
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 165 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Durand in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Durand has about 6 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.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Durand compares
At roughly 165 frost-free days, Durand places 30,631 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,490 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Durand's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Durand's dates instead of trusting one.