Tuckerton, NJ 08087 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tuckerton, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 230 frost-free days later.
Tuckerton 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 Tuckerton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tuckerton's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tuckerton compares
Tuckerton's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,406 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 199 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Tuckerton can differ from the 08087 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Tuckerton's frost date answer different questions.