East Orange, NJ 07050 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Orange, NJ, ZIP 07050
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Orange in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around East Orange 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.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
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 East Orange compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, East Orange places 13,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 282 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in East Orange can differ from the 07050 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and East Orange's frost date answer different questions.