Chester, NJ 07836 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Chester, NJ, ZIP 07836
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 175 frost-free days later.
Chester sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Chester has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chester compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Chester places 27,014 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 825 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Chester's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Chester can differ from the 07836 normal.