Gibbsboro, NJ 08043 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gibbsboro, NJ, ZIP 08043
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 200 frost-free days later.
Gibbsboro 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
Zone 7b around Gibbsboro 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.
The actual range around Gibbsboro's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gibbsboro compares
Gibbsboro's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,803 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 427 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gibbsboro can differ from the 08043 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Gibbsboro's frost date answer different questions.