Southern View, IL 62786 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Southern View, IL?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Southern View before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Southern View places 22,468 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 752 of 1,548.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Southern View can differ from the 62786 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Southern View's frost date answer different questions.