Hutsonville, IL 62477 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hutsonville, IL, ZIP 62477
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 201 frost-free days later.
Hutsonville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Hutsonville has about 9 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hutsonville compares
Hutsonville's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,633 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 260 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hutsonville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hutsonville can differ from the 62477 normal.