Hoboken, NJ 10278 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hoboken, NJ?
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.
Hoboken 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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Hoboken before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Hoboken compares
At roughly 236 frost-free days, Hoboken places 9,272 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 65 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hoboken's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hoboken can differ from the 10278 normal.