Netcong, NJ 07828 Frost Dates
Netcong, NJ: when does the frost end?
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Netcong in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 7 weeks until Netcong's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Netcong against the rest of the dataset
About 175 days separate Netcong's last and first frost, putting it 26,897 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 819 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07828's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Netcong's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Netcong's dates instead of trusting one.