Gloucester City, NJ 19148 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gloucester City, NJ, ZIP 19148
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 224 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 Gloucester City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Gloucester City 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.
The actual range around Gloucester City's last frost
04/02 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. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gloucester City compares
Gloucester City's growing season runs about 224 days, ranking 11,792 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 217 of 906.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gloucester City can differ from the 19148 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Gloucester City's frost date answer different questions.