Wanaque, NJ 07465 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wanaque, NJ, ZIP 07465
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 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 Wanaque, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Wanaque 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Wanaque compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Wanaque places 21,907 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 662 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wanaque's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wanaque can differ from the 07465 normal.