Ringwood, NJ 07456 Frost Dates
Ringwood, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ringwood in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Ringwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ringwood against the rest of the dataset
About 188 days separate Ringwood's last and first frost, putting it 21,904 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 660 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07456's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ringwood can differ from the 07456 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Ringwood's frost date answer different questions.