Yates City, IL 61572 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Yates City, IL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 frost-free days later.
Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Yates City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Yates City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Yates City's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Yates City compares
About 181 days separate Yates City's last and first frost, putting it 24,673 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 931 of 1,548.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Yates City can differ from the 61572 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Yates City's frost date answer different questions.