Merchantville, NJ 08110 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Merchantville, NJ?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 199 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Merchantville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Merchantville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
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. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Merchantville compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Merchantville places 18,104 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 446 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Merchantville can differ from the 08110 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Merchantville's frost date answer different questions.