Egg Harbor City, NJ 08404 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Egg Harbor City, NJ?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 190 frost-free days later.
Egg Harbor City sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Egg Harbor City 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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Egg Harbor City compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Egg Harbor City places 21,155 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 587 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Egg Harbor City can differ from the 08404 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Egg Harbor City's frost date answer different questions.