Bogota, NJ 07603 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bogota, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 236 frost-free days later.
Bogota sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 12 weeks of growing season left in Bogota before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bogota's last frost
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bogota compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Bogota places 9,411 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 176 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Bogota can differ from the 07603 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Bogota's frost date answer different questions.