Cutler, IL 62238 Frost Dates
Cutler, IL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Cutler, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Cutler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/12 isn't a guarantee
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cutler against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Cutler places 20,905 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 468 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62238's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cutler can differ from the 62238 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Cutler's frost date answer different questions.