Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodcliff Lake, NJ?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 189 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 Woodcliff Lake, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Woodcliff Lake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Woodcliff Lake'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 Woodcliff Lake compares
Woodcliff Lake's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,529 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 642 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Woodcliff Lake's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Woodcliff Lake can differ from the 07677 normal.