West New York, NJ 11104 Frost Dates
11104, near West New York, NJ: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/25, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West New York in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
West New York's growing season runs out in roughly 13 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/26 isn't a guarantee
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
West New York against the rest of the dataset
West New York's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,198 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 1 of 906.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 11104: the frost range, on how to read the range around West New York's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in West New York can differ from the 11104 normal.