Paulsboro, NJ 08066 Frost Dates
Paulsboro, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 224 days after the last spring frost.
Paulsboro 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Paulsboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paulsboro against the rest of the dataset
Paulsboro's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,835 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 223 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08066's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Paulsboro can differ from the 08066 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Paulsboro's frost date answer different questions.