Red Bank, NJ 07738 Frost Dates
Red Bank, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
Red Bank 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 Red Bank's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
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.
Red Bank against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Red Bank's last and first frost, putting it 15,558 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 316 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07738's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Red Bank's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Red Bank can differ from the 07738 normal.