Newark, NJ 07108 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Newark, 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 Newark, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Newark before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Newark's last frost
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 Newark compares
About 216 days separate Newark's last and first frost, putting it 13,672 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 270 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Newark can differ from the 07108 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Newark's frost date answer different questions.