Englewood Cliffs, NJ 10458 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ZIP 10458
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/01, about 216 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 230 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 Englewood Cliffs, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Englewood Cliffs 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.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Englewood Cliffs compares
About 230 days separate Englewood Cliffs's last and first frost, putting it 10,393 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NJ, it ranks 194 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Englewood Cliffs can differ from the 10458 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Englewood Cliffs's frost date answer different questions.