Ventnor City, NJ 08406 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ventnor City, NJ, ZIP 08406
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 243 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ventnor City in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Ventnor City has about 12 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ventnor City compares
At roughly 243 frost-free days, Ventnor City places 8,285 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 15 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Ventnor City can differ from the 08406 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Ventnor City's frost date answer different questions.