Media, IL 61460 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Media, IL?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Media 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Media 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Media compares
Media's growing season runs about 202 days, ranking 17,384 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 193 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Media's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Media can differ from the 61460 normal.