Maywood, NJ 07607 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Maywood, NJ, ZIP 07607
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 195 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Maywood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Maywood 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Maywood compares
About 195 days separate Maywood's last and first frost, putting it 19,233 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 511 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Maywood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Maywood can differ from the 07607 normal.