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Williamsville, IL 62693 Frost Dates

Williamsville, IL: when does the frost end?

Zone 6a

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 Williamsville 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 8 weeks until Williamsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee

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.

Williamsville against the rest of the dataset

Williamsville's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,474 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 756 of 1,548.

Learn more

Before leaning on 62693's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Williamsville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Williamsville can differ from the 62693 normal.