Peapack and Gladstone, NJ 07977 Frost Dates
Peapack and Gladstone, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 176 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Peapack and Gladstone in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Peapack and Gladstone's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Peapack and Gladstone's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Peapack and Gladstone against the rest of the dataset
Peapack and Gladstone's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,472 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 795 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07977's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Peapack and Gladstone's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Peapack and Gladstone can differ from the 07977 normal.