Campbell Hill, IL 62916 Frost Dates
Campbell Hill, IL: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Campbell Hill in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Campbell Hill's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Campbell Hill against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Campbell Hill places 20,913 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 473 of 1,548.
Learn more
Before leaning on 62916's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Campbell Hill's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Campbell Hill can differ from the 62916 normal.