Long Point, IL 61311 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Long Point, IL?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 199 frost-free days later.
Long Point sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Long Point before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Long Point compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Long Point places 18,223 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 302 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Long Point's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Long Point can differ from the 61311 normal.