Ramsey, NJ 07446 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ramsey, NJ, ZIP 07446
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
Ramsey sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Ramsey has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Ramsey's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ramsey compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Ramsey places 21,890 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 658 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Ramsey can differ from the 07446 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Ramsey's frost date answer different questions.