Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ 07717 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 208 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 Avon-by-the-Sea, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Avon-by-the-Sea before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Avon-by-the-Sea compares
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Avon-by-the-Sea places 15,656 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 337 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Avon-by-the-Sea can differ from the 07717 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Avon-by-the-Sea's frost date answer different questions.