West New York, NJ 10023 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West New York, NJ, ZIP 10023
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 236 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 West New York, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around West New York has about 12 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
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West New York compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, West New York places 9,282 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 75 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in West New York can differ from the 10023 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and West New York's frost date answer different questions.