Guttenberg, NJ 10268 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Guttenberg, NJ, ZIP 10268
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/30, roughly 214 days out. 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
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Guttenberg places 9,400 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 165 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Guttenberg can differ from the 10268 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Guttenberg's frost date answer different questions.