Beecher City, IL 62414 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beecher City, IL, ZIP 62414
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beecher City in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Beecher City 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.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beecher City compares
About 202 days separate Beecher City's last and first frost, putting it 17,339 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 184 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Beecher City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Beecher City can differ from the 62414 normal.