Jersey City, NJ 07304 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jersey City, NJ?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. 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 Jersey City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Jersey City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Jersey City'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 Jersey City compares
About 216 days separate Jersey City's last and first frost, putting it 13,677 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 275 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jersey City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jersey City can differ from the 07304 normal.