Wrightstown, NJ 08015 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wrightstown, NJ, ZIP 08015
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.
Wrightstown sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Wrightstown has about 9 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
04/15 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 Wrightstown compares
About 196 days separate Wrightstown's last and first frost, putting it 19,041 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 470 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wrightstown can differ from the 08015 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wrightstown's frost date answer different questions.