Toluca, IL 61369 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Toluca, IL, ZIP 61369
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Toluca 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 Toluca has about 7 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.
The actual range around Toluca'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 Toluca compares
About 173 days separate Toluca's last and first frost, putting it 27,965 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 1,322 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Toluca's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Toluca can differ from the 61369 normal.