Easton, IL 62633 Frost Dates
Easton, IL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 185 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Easton in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks until Easton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Easton's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Easton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 185 frost-free days, Easton places 23,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 847 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62633's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Easton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Easton's dates instead of trusting one.