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Guttenberg, NJ 10109 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Guttenberg, NJ, ZIP 10109

Zone 7b

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.

Guttenberg 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 Guttenberg 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 Guttenberg compares

Guttenberg's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,363 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 128 of 906.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Guttenberg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Guttenberg can differ from the 10109 normal.