Montvale, NJ 07645 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Montvale, NJ?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 frost-free days later.
Montvale 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Montvale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Montvale's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montvale compares
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Montvale places 21,474 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 618 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Montvale's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Montvale's dates instead of trusting one.