Netcong, NJ 07876 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Netcong, NJ, ZIP 07876
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.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Netcong, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Netcong 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Netcong compares
About 175 days separate Netcong's last and first frost, putting it 26,900 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 822 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Netcong's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Netcong can differ from the 07876 normal.