Bayonne, NJ 07002 Frost Dates
07002, near Bayonne, NJ: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bayonne in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
Bayonne's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bayonne against the rest of the dataset
Bayonne's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,182 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 239 of 906.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 07002: local microclimates, on what one yard in Bayonne can differ from the 07002 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Bayonne's frost date answer different questions.