Paterson, NJ 07524 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paterson, NJ, ZIP 07524
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 195 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Paterson has about 9 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.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paterson compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Paterson places 19,146 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 485 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Paterson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Paterson's dates instead of trusting one.