Buena, NJ 08341 Frost Dates
Buena, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 180 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buena in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks until Buena's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Buena's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buena against the rest of the dataset
Buena's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 24,855 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 740 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08341's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Buena's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Buena's dates instead of trusting one.