Pompton Lakes, NJ 07544 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pompton Lakes, NJ, ZIP 07544
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. 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 Pompton Lakes, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Pompton Lakes 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.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
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 Pompton Lakes compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Pompton Lakes places 21,919 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 674 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pompton Lakes's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pompton Lakes can differ from the 07544 normal.