High Bridge, NJ 08829 Frost Dates
High Bridge, NJ: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 179 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts High Bridge 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 8 weeks until High Bridge'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
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
High Bridge against the rest of the dataset
About 179 days separate High Bridge's last and first frost, putting it 25,303 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 757 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 08829's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in High Bridge can differ from the 08829 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and High Bridge's frost date answer different questions.