New Canton, IL 62356 Frost Dates
New Canton, IL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Canton in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until New Canton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Canton against the rest of the dataset
New Canton's growing season runs about 212 days, ranking 14,674 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 31 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62356's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around New Canton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in New Canton can differ from the 62356 normal.