Edinburg, IL 62531 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Edinburg, IL?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edinburg in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Edinburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edinburg compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Edinburg places 21,230 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 519 of 1,548.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Edinburg can differ from the 62531 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Edinburg's frost date answer different questions.