Egg Harbor City, NJ 08231 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Egg Harbor City, NJ, ZIP 08231
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. 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 Egg Harbor City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b 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
Egg Harbor City's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,154 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 586 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Egg Harbor City can differ from the 08231 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Egg Harbor City's frost date answer different questions.