Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Elmwood Park, NJ?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 195 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Elmwood Park, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Elmwood Park 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
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elmwood Park compares
About 195 days separate Elmwood Park's last and first frost, putting it 19,209 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 501 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Elmwood Park's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Elmwood Park's dates instead of trusting one.