Rutland, IL 61358 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rutland, IL?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 frost-free days later.
Rutland 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Rutland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Rutland's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rutland compares
About 173 days separate Rutland's last and first frost, putting it 28,080 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 1,326 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Rutland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Rutland can differ from the 61358 normal.