East Dubuque, IL 61025 Frost Dates
When can you plant in East Dubuque, IL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 184 frost-free days later.
East Dubuque sits in USDA Zone 5a (-20 to -15°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 East Dubuque before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around East Dubuque's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Dubuque compares
East Dubuque's growing season runs about 184 days, ranking 23,581 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 871 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around East Dubuque's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in East Dubuque can differ from the 61025 normal.