Trenton, NJ 08601 Frost Dates
Trenton, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Trenton 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 9 weeks until Trenton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Trenton against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Trenton's last and first frost, putting it 20,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 524 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08601's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Trenton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Trenton's dates instead of trusting one.