Tallula, IL 62688 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Tallula, IL, ZIP 62688
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 189 frost-free days later.
Tallula sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Tallula 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.
The actual range around Tallula's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tallula compares
Tallula's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,719 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 642 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Tallula's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Tallula can differ from the 62688 normal.