Barnegat Light, NJ 08756 Frost Dates
Barnegat Light, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barnegat Light in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 8 weeks until Barnegat Light'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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barnegat Light against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Barnegat Light places 25,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 785 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08756's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Barnegat Light's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Barnegat Light's dates instead of trusting one.