Stone Harbor, NJ 08247 Frost Dates
Stone Harbor, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stone Harbor in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Stone Harbor's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stone Harbor against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Stone Harbor places 12,310 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 262 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08247's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stone Harbor's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stone Harbor can differ from the 08247 normal.