Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07737 Frost Dates
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
Atlantic Highlands 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Atlantic Highlands's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Atlantic Highlands against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 208 frost-free days, Atlantic Highlands places 15,591 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 329 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07737's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Atlantic Highlands can differ from the 07737 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Atlantic Highlands's frost date answer different questions.