Millstadt, IL 62260 Frost Dates
Millstadt, IL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 200 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 Millstadt, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Millstadt's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Millstadt against the rest of the dataset
Millstadt's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,783 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 279 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62260's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Millstadt's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Millstadt's dates instead of trusting one.