Carteret, NJ 10311 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carteret, NJ, ZIP 10311
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 222 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carteret in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
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
About 222 days separate Carteret's last and first frost, putting it 12,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 252 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Carteret's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Carteret's dates instead of trusting one.