Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wood-Ridge, NJ?
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 Wood-Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Wood-Ridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Wood-Ridge compares
At roughly 216 frost-free days, Wood-Ridge places 13,754 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 294 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Wood-Ridge's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wood-Ridge's dates instead of trusting one.