Egg Harbor City, NJ 08213 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Egg Harbor City, NJ, ZIP 08213
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Egg Harbor City in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Egg Harbor City 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Egg Harbor City compares
About 190 days separate Egg Harbor City's last and first frost, putting it 21,151 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 583 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Egg Harbor City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Egg Harbor City can differ from the 08213 normal.