Laurel Springs, NJ 08012 Frost Dates
Laurel Springs, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 205 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurel Springs in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 9 weeks until Laurel Springs's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Laurel Springs's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Laurel Springs against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Laurel Springs places 16,324 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 374 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08012's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel Springs can differ from the 08012 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Laurel Springs's frost date answer different questions.