Edgewater, NJ 10026 Frost Dates
Edgewater, NJ: when does the frost end?
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 236 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edgewater 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 12 weeks until Edgewater's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Edgewater against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Edgewater places 9,337 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 105 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 10026's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Edgewater's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Edgewater's dates instead of trusting one.