Buena, NJ 08326 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buena, NJ, ZIP 08326
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 196 frost-free days later.
Buena sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Buena 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.
The actual range around Buena's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buena compares
Buena's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 18,972 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 460 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Buena's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Buena's dates instead of trusting one.