Sherman, IL 62684 Frost Dates
62684, near Sherman, IL: the frost window
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sherman 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
Sherman's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sherman against the rest of the dataset
About 187 days separate Sherman's last and first frost, putting it 22,358 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 719 of 1,548.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 62684: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Sherman's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Sherman's dates instead of trusting one.