Freehold, NJ 07765 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Freehold, NJ?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Freehold in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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 21,084 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 559 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Freehold's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Freehold's dates instead of trusting one.