Carteret, NJ 10306 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carteret, NJ, ZIP 10306
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 222 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 Carteret, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Carteret has about 11 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
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carteret compares
Carteret's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,211 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 250 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Carteret's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Carteret can differ from the 10306 normal.