Elizabeth, NJ 07206 Frost Dates
Elizabeth, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
Elizabeth 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 11 weeks until Elizabeth's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Elizabeth's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elizabeth against the rest of the dataset
Elizabeth's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,179 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 236 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07206's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Elizabeth can differ from the 07206 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Elizabeth's frost date answer different questions.