Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glen Gardner, NJ?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 179 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Glen Gardner in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Glen Gardner before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Glen Gardner's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glen Gardner compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Glen Gardner places 25,362 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 781 of 906.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Glen Gardner can differ from the 08826 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Glen Gardner's frost date answer different questions.