Merchantville, NJ 08002 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Merchantville, NJ?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 199 frost-free days later.
Merchantville sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Merchantville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Merchantville compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Merchantville places 18,102 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 444 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Merchantville can differ from the 08002 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Merchantville's frost date answer different questions.