Glen Ridge, NJ 07175 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glen Ridge, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 187 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 Glen Ridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Glen Ridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Glen Ridge's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glen Ridge compares
About 187 days separate Glen Ridge's last and first frost, putting it 22,328 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 699 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Glen Ridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Glen Ridge can differ from the 07175 normal.