Southern View, IL 62726 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Southern View, IL, ZIP 62726
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 187 frost-free days later.
Southern View 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 Southern View 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Southern View compares
Southern View's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,453 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 737 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Southern View's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Southern View can differ from the 62726 normal.