Bellmawr, NJ 08031 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bellmawr, NJ?
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.
Bellmawr 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 11 weeks of growing season left in Bellmawr before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bellmawr's last frost
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 Bellmawr compares
About 224 days separate Bellmawr's last and first frost, putting it 11,790 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 215 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bellmawr's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bellmawr can differ from the 08031 normal.