Eldred, IL 62027 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eldred, IL, ZIP 62027
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 frost-free days later.
Eldred sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Eldred has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eldred compares
Eldred's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,734 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 950 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Eldred's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Eldred's dates instead of trusting one.