Pemberton, NJ 08060 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pemberton, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 196 frost-free days later.
Pemberton 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Pemberton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Pemberton's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pemberton compares
About 196 days separate Pemberton's last and first frost, putting it 19,019 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 467 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Pemberton can differ from the 08060 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Pemberton's frost date answer different questions.