When to plant in Streator, IL

Planting dates worked out from Streator's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

May 6

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 20

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 18

1 year in 10 by Oct 4

Frost-free days

181

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Ottawa 4sw · 23.9 km away · station 166 m, town 189 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 11 – Mar 25	May 6 – May 20	Jun 30
Sweet pepper	Feb 25 – Mar 11	May 6 – May 20	Jul 5
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 18 – Feb 25	Mar 25 – Apr 8	May 4
Peas	—	Mar 25 – Apr 22	May 19
Bush beans	—	Apr 29 – May 20	Jun 18
Carrot	—	Apr 3 – May 15	Jun 2
Beet	—	Apr 3 – May 15	May 23
Potato	—	Apr 3 – Apr 24	Jun 12
Kale	Feb 18 – Mar 4	Apr 1 – Apr 15	May 14
Broccoli	Feb 11 – Feb 25	Mar 25 – Apr 15	May 24
Cucumber	Apr 8 – Apr 15	May 6 – May 20	Jun 25
Summer squash and zucchini	Apr 8 – Apr 15	May 6 – May 20	Jun 20
Winter squash	Apr 8 – Apr 15	May 6 – May 20	Jul 25
Sweet corn	—	Apr 29 – May 20	Jun 28
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 25 – Apr 15	Jun 23
Garlic	—	Oct 4 – Nov 1 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 25 – Apr 22	May 2
Basil	Mar 25 – Apr 8	May 6 – May 20	Jul 2

Plan all 65 crops for Streator

Streator's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1893	May 6
1894	Apr 13
1895	May 21
1896	Apr 10
1897	May 1
1898	Apr 21
1899	Apr 19
1900	Apr 14
1901	Apr 21
1902	Apr 24
1903	May 1
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 22
1906	Apr 23
1907	May 11
1908	May 2
1909	Apr 23
1910	May 5
1911	May 3
1912	Apr 19
1913	May 11
1914	Apr 20
1915	Apr 3
1916	Apr 10
1917	May 10
1920	May 14
1921	May 16
1922	Apr 29
1923	May 10
1924	Apr 18
1925	May 26
1926	May 4
1927	Apr 24
1928	May 13
1929	May 21
1930	Apr 26
1931	May 23
1932	May 2
1933	Apr 27
1934	May 26
1935	May 4
1936	Apr 23
1937	Apr 16
1938	May 13
1939	Apr 22
1940	May 4
1941	Apr 25
1942	Apr 20
1943	May 1
1944	May 5
1945	May 9
1946	Apr 27
1947	May 10
1948	Apr 17
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 28
1951	Apr 19
1952	Apr 11
1953	Apr 21
1954	May 4
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 30
1957	Apr 15
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 22
1960	Apr 18
1961	Apr 17
1962	Apr 20
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 3
1966	May 10
1967	May 3
1968	Apr 6
1969	Apr 29
1970	Apr 10
1971	May 3
1972	Apr 26
1973	Apr 13
1974	Apr 24
1975	Apr 21
1976	May 7
1977	Apr 29
1978	May 2
1979	Apr 10
1980	Apr 16
1981	May 12
1982	Apr 21
1983	May 9
1984	Apr 7
1985	Apr 10
1986	Apr 23
1987	Apr 9
1988	Apr 21
1989	May 7
1990	Apr 18
1991	Apr 2
1992	May 28
1993	Apr 21
1994	May 1
1995	Apr 10
1996	Apr 17
1997	May 10
1998	Apr 5
1999	Mar 28
2000	Apr 13
2001	Apr 18
2002	May 21
2003	Apr 26
2004	Apr 14
2005	May 4
2006	Apr 10
2008	Apr 29
2009	Apr 12
2010	Apr 18
2011	Apr 5
2012	Apr 21
2013	Apr 5
2014	Apr 23
2015	Apr 24
2016	Apr 13
2017	Mar 23
2018	Apr 29
2019	Apr 28
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 27
2023	Apr 27
2024	Apr 25
2025	Apr 16
2026	Apr 20

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1893	142
1894	175
1895	131
1896	179
1897	180
1898	175
1899	163
1900	185
1901	166
1902	196
1903	174
1904	184
1905	181
1907	154
1908	152
1909	171
1910	175
1911	173
1912	186
1915	188
1922	166
1923	126
1924	165
1925	136
1926	144
1927	168
1928	133
1929	135
1930	156
1931	147
1932	156
1933	168
1934	154
1935	146
1936	161
1937	153
1938	163
1939	174
1940	144
1941	185
1942	157
1943	168
1944	159
1945	146
1946	156
1947	181
1948	183
1949	162
1950	179
1951	192
1952	174
1953	190
1954	167
1955	196
1956	162
1957	187
1958	190
1959	188
1960	184
1961	192
1962	186
1963	180
1964	183
1965	207
1966	162
1967	161
1968	201
1969	168
1970	188
1971	184
1972	171
1973	203
1974	151
1975	187
1976	153
1977	166
1978	167
1979	185
1980	171
1981	159
1982	183
1983	158
1984	199
1985	206
1986	192
1987	176
1988	167
1989	149
1990	183
1991	196
1992	141
1993	171
1994	178
1995	165
1996	176
1997	159
1998	199
1999	199
2000	176
2001	181
2002	145
2003	158
2004	173
2005	175
2006	184
2008	181
2009	181
2010	193
2011	195
2012	188
2013	199
2014	182
2015	175
2016	212
2017	219
2018	152
2019	185
2021	192
2022	173
2023	185
2024	173
2025	190

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1893	18.6 °C
1894	19.7 °C
1895	19.3 °C
1896	19.7 °C
1897	18.9 °C
1898	18.9 °C
1899	19.0 °C
1900	20.4 °C
1901	20.4 °C
1902	18.9 °C
1903	19.2 °C
1904	17.8 °C
1905	18.9 °C
1907	17.2 °C
1908	19.5 °C
1909	18.4 °C
1910	18.7 °C
1911	19.9 °C
1912	19.2 °C
1915	18.2 °C
1916	19.8 °C
1918	19.1 °C
1922	19.6 °C
1924	17.1 °C
1925	19.8 °C
1926	18.0 °C
1927	18.1 °C
1928	18.2 °C
1929	18.4 °C
1930	19.9 °C
1931	19.7 °C
1932	19.3 °C
1933	20.3 °C
1934	21.0 °C
1935	18.4 °C
1936	20.2 °C
1937	18.9 °C
1938	18.8 °C
1939	19.2 °C
1940	19.3 °C
1941	20.7 °C
1942	19.8 °C
1943	19.2 °C
1944	20.1 °C
1945	18.3 °C
1946	19.3 °C
1947	19.4 °C
1948	19.6 °C
1949	19.4 °C
1950	18.3 °C
1951	18.5 °C
1952	19.9 °C
1953	19.5 °C
1954	20.1 °C
1955	20.8 °C
1956	19.4 °C
1957	19.0 °C
1958	18.7 °C
1959	20.3 °C
1960	19.3 °C
1961	18.6 °C
1962	19.7 °C
1963	19.6 °C
1964	20.1 °C
1965	19.7 °C
1966	18.8 °C
1967	18.4 °C
1968	19.5 °C
1969	19.3 °C
1970	20.0 °C
1971	20.0 °C
1972	19.0 °C
1973	19.6 °C
1974	19.0 °C
1975	19.4 °C
1976	19.0 °C
1977	21.3 °C
1978	20.3 °C
1979	19.3 °C
1980	20.5 °C
1981	20.0 °C
1982	19.3 °C
1983	19.5 °C
1984	18.1 °C
1985	18.8 °C
1986	19.1 °C
1987	19.7 °C
1988	19.9 °C
1989	17.8 °C
1990	18.2 °C
1991	20.5 °C
1992	17.1 °C
1993	18.1 °C
1994	18.7 °C
1995	18.9 °C
1996	17.7 °C
1997	17.3 °C
1998	20.1 °C
1999	19.6 °C
2000	19.3 °C
2001	19.9 °C
2002	19.0 °C
2003	18.7 °C
2004	18.7 °C
2005	20.2 °C
2006	19.3 °C
2008	18.5 °C
2009	17.9 °C
2010	20.6 °C
2011	19.1 °C
2012	20.6 °C
2013	18.7 °C
2014	18.4 °C
2015	19.1 °C
2016	19.5 °C
2017	19.2 °C
2018	19.0 °C
2019	18.6 °C
2020	18.1 °C
2021	19.0 °C
2022	18.3 °C
2023	18.3 °C
2024	18.8 °C
2025	18.8 °C
2026	19.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1893, Streator's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Ottawa 4sw (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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