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Eddyville, IL 62928 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Eddyville, IL, ZIP 62928

Zone 7a

Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 189 frost-free days later.

Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Eddyville, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 7a around Eddyville has about 8 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

04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Eddyville compares

Eddyville's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,769 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 658 of 1,548.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Eddyville can differ from the 62928 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Eddyville's frost date answer different questions.