Villa Grove, IL 61956 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Villa Grove, IL?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 188 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Villa Grove in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Villa Grove 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
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Villa Grove compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Villa Grove places 22,059 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 681 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Villa Grove's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Villa Grove can differ from the 61956 normal.