Absecon, NJ 08205 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Absecon, NJ, ZIP 08205
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 190 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 Absecon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Absecon has about 9 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 Absecon's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Absecon compares
About 190 days separate Absecon's last and first frost, putting it 21,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 568 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Absecon can differ from the 08205 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Absecon's frost date answer different questions.