Kearny, NJ 07032 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kearny, NJ, ZIP 07032
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Kearny, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Kearny 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Kearny compares
About 216 days separate Kearny's last and first frost, putting it 13,724 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 286 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Kearny's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Kearny's dates instead of trusting one.