Fort Lee, NJ 10032 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Lee, NJ, ZIP 10032
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 236 frost-free days later.
Fort Lee sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Fort Lee 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.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
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 Fort Lee compares
Fort Lee's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,310 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 98 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Lee's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fort Lee can differ from the 10032 normal.