Albion, IL 62806 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albion, IL, ZIP 62806
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 206 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Albion, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Albion has about 9 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
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Albion compares
About 206 days separate Albion's last and first frost, putting it 16,039 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 93 of 1,548.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Albion's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Albion's dates instead of trusting one.