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Pemberton, NJ 08011 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Pemberton, NJ?

Zone 7b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 196 frost-free days later.

Pemberton 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 Pemberton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Pemberton's last frost

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. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pemberton compares

Pemberton's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,018 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 466 of 906.

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