Burlington, NJ 08016 Frost Dates
Burlington, NJ: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Burlington, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Burlington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Burlington against the rest of the dataset
Burlington's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 18,935 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 455 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08016's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Burlington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Burlington can differ from the 08016 normal.