Bartelso, IL 62218 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bartelso, IL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Bartelso, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Bartelso 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
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bartelso compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Bartelso places 16,705 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 134 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bartelso's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bartelso can differ from the 62218 normal.