Paterson, NJ 07501 Frost Dates
Paterson, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
Paterson 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Paterson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paterson against the rest of the dataset
About 195 days separate Paterson's last and first frost, putting it 19,140 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 479 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07501's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Paterson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Paterson can differ from the 07501 normal.