Clifton, NJ 07043 Frost Dates
Clifton, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clifton in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
With roughly 9 weeks until Clifton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clifton's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clifton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Clifton places 19,150 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 489 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07043's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Clifton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Clifton's dates instead of trusting one.