Farina, IL 62838 Frost Dates
Farina, IL: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farina in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Farina's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Farina against the rest of the dataset
About 202 days separate Farina's last and first frost, putting it 17,332 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IL, it ranks 182 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62838's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Farina can differ from the 62838 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Farina's frost date answer different questions.