Carteret, NJ 10313 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Carteret, NJ?
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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Carteret before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Carteret places 12,215 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 254 of 906.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Carteret's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Carteret's dates instead of trusting one.