Ocean Gate, NJ 08734 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ocean Gate, NJ, ZIP 08734
Around 04/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 238 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Ocean Gate sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Ocean Gate has about 8 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 Ocean Gate's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ocean Gate compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Ocean Gate places 25,349 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 776 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Ocean Gate's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Ocean Gate's dates instead of trusting one.