Carteret, NJ 07064 Frost Dates
Carteret, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
Carteret sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Carteret's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carteret against the rest of the dataset
Carteret's growing season runs about 202 days, ranking 17,142 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 388 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07064's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Carteret's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Carteret's dates instead of trusting one.