Freehold, NJ 07754 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Freehold, 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.
Freehold 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 Freehold before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Freehold'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 Freehold compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Freehold places 21,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 557 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Freehold's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Freehold can differ from the 07754 normal.