Medford Lakes, NJ 08055 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Medford Lakes, NJ, ZIP 08055
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 169 frost-free days later.
Medford Lakes 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 Medford Lakes has about 7 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 Medford Lakes's last frost
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medford Lakes compares
Medford Lakes's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,418 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 890 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Medford Lakes's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Medford Lakes can differ from the 08055 normal.