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Paramus, NJ 07652 Frost Dates

Paramus, NJ: when does the frost end?

Zone 7a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.

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 Paramus, not a forecast for this year.

Stretching the season past the first frost

With roughly 9 weeks until Paramus's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee

04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Paramus against the rest of the dataset

Paramus's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,196 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 497 of 906.

Learn more

Before leaning on 07652's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Paramus can differ from the 07652 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Paramus's frost date answer different questions.