Keyport, NJ 07735 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Keyport, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 190 frost-free days later.
Keyport sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Keyport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Keyport's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 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 Keyport compares
About 190 days separate Keyport's last and first frost, putting it 21,122 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 574 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Keyport's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Keyport's dates instead of trusting one.