Waldwick, NJ 07463 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waldwick, NJ?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
Waldwick 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Waldwick before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Waldwick'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 Waldwick compares
About 188 days separate Waldwick's last and first frost, putting it 21,927 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 675 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Waldwick's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Waldwick's dates instead of trusting one.