Paulsboro, NJ 08027 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paulsboro, NJ, ZIP 08027
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 224 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paulsboro in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Paulsboro has about 11 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
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paulsboro compares
About 224 days separate Paulsboro's last and first frost, putting it 11,832 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 220 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Paulsboro can differ from the 08027 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Paulsboro's frost date answer different questions.