Bellmont, IL 62811 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bellmont, IL?
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.
Bellmont sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Bellmont before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Bellmont compares
Bellmont's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,136 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 102 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bellmont's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bellmont can differ from the 62811 normal.