West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Frost Dates
West Long Branch, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Long Branch in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until West 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.
West Long Branch against the rest of the dataset
West Long Branch's growing season runs about 208 days, ranking 15,561 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 318 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07764's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and West Long Branch's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around West Long Branch's dates instead of trusting one.