Carteret, NJ 10312 Frost Dates
Carteret, NJ: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
Carteret 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Carteret's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carteret against the rest of the dataset
Carteret's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,214 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 253 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 10312's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Carteret's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Carteret can differ from the 10312 normal.