Taylor Springs, IL 62049 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taylor Springs, IL?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylor Springs in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Taylor Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Taylor Springs's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor Springs compares
About 190 days separate Taylor Springs's last and first frost, putting it 21,258 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 528 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Taylor Springs's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Taylor Springs can differ from the 62049 normal.