Long Branch, NJ 07740 Frost Dates
Long Branch, 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.
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 Long Branch, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Long Branch'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.
Long Branch against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Long Branch's last and first frost, putting it 15,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 312 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07740's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Long Branch's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Long Branch can differ from the 07740 normal.