Stone Harbor, NJ 08246 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stone Harbor, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 222 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 Stone Harbor, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Stone Harbor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 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 Stone Harbor compares
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Stone Harbor places 12,309 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 261 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Stone Harbor can differ from the 08246 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Stone Harbor's frost date answer different questions.