Elizabethtown, IL 62931 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elizabethtown, IL, ZIP 62931
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elizabethtown in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Elizabethtown 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.
The actual range around Elizabethtown's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elizabethtown compares
Elizabethtown's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,723 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IL, it ranks 943 of 1,548.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Elizabethtown can differ from the 62931 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Elizabethtown's frost date answer different questions.