West New York, NJ 10104 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West New York, NJ, ZIP 10104
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.
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 West New York compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, West New York places 9,286 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 79 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around West New York's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in West New York can differ from the 10104 normal.