Camp Point, IL 62320 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Camp Point, IL, ZIP 62320
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 187 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 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 Camp Point, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Camp Point 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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Camp Point compares
About 187 days separate Camp Point's last and first frost, putting it 22,490 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 767 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Camp Point's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Camp Point's dates instead of trusting one.