Alexis, IL 61412 Frost Dates
Alexis, IL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 174 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alexis in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Alexis's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Alexis against the rest of the dataset
Alexis's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,569 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 1,258 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 61412's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Alexis's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Alexis can differ from the 61412 normal.