Peapack and Gladstone, NJ 08858 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Peapack and Gladstone, NJ, ZIP 08858
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 176 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Peapack and Gladstone, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Peapack and Gladstone has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Peapack and Gladstone compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Peapack and Gladstone places 26,474 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 797 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Peapack and Gladstone can differ from the 08858 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Peapack and Gladstone's frost date answer different questions.