Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Seaside Heights, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
Seaside Heights 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Seaside Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
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 Seaside Heights compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Seaside Heights places 25,330 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 772 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Seaside Heights's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Seaside Heights's dates instead of trusting one.