Glen Ridge, NJ 07003 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Glen Ridge, NJ, ZIP 07003
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 216 frost-free days later.
Glen Ridge sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Glen Ridge has about 10 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 Glen Ridge's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glen Ridge compares
About 216 days separate Glen Ridge's last and first frost, putting it 13,764 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 295 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Glen Ridge can differ from the 07003 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Glen Ridge's frost date answer different questions.