Clayton, NJ 08322 Frost Dates
Clayton, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 206 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clayton 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 Clayton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clayton's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clayton against the rest of the dataset
Clayton's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 15,986 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 348 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08322's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Clayton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Clayton's dates instead of trusting one.