Edgewater, NJ 10474 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Edgewater, NJ, ZIP 10474
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 244 frost-free days later.
Edgewater 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Edgewater has about 13 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 03/26 isn't a guarantee
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edgewater compares
At roughly 244 frost-free days, Edgewater places 8,219 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within NJ, it ranks 5 of 906.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Edgewater's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Edgewater can differ from the 10474 normal.