Frost dates / New Jersey / West New York

Frost dates in West New York, NJ

The station on this page is NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY US (USW00094728), 2.2 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 52,975.

Zone 7bUSDA average annual extreme minimum 5°F to 10°F, from ZIP 07093 (0.1 miles from the city point used on this page).

Median last 32°F is March 30. Median first 32°F is November 20. The 50% growing-season length is 236 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Last 32°F in spring

NCEI’s probability is the chance the last spring minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or after the date.

Probability	Date	How to read it
90%	March 14	Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common.
50%	March 30	Median.
10%	April 9	Later date. A last 32°F on or after this day is uncommon.

First 32°F in fall

NCEI’s probability is the chance the first autumn minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or before the date.

Probability	Date	How to read it
10%	November 6	Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon.
50%	November 20	Median.
90%	December 6	Later date. A first 32°F on or before this day is common.

32°F growing-season length

Days between the last spring 32°F and the first autumn 32°F. The figure is a length the season meets or exceeds at that probability, from NCEI, not a subtraction done on this site.

Probability the season is at least this long	Days
10%	257
50%	236
90%	217

28°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	April 2	March 19	March 5
First, on or before	November 15	December 1	December 16
Season at least	279 days	257 days	236 days

36°F threshold

	10%	50%	90%
Last, on or after	April 20	April 7	March 26
First, on or before	October 27	November 8	November 23
Season at least	234 days	215 days	196 days

Station NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY US (USW00094728). Completeness flag S, 30 years used for the 32°F dates. NCEI’s annual probability of at least one day at or below 32°F is 100%. Freeze dates are conditional on that threshold occurring. Elevation 39.6 m. The same probability language applies to the 28°F and 36°F rows when those dates passed the same quality checks.

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West New York, NJ

Zone 7bAverage annual extreme minimum 5°F to 10°F

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

New Jersey. Nearest qualified station: NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY US (USW00094728), 2.2 miles. Median last 32°F March 30. Median first 32°F November 20. The 50% growing-season length is 236 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station

	10%	50%	90%
Last 32°F on or after	April 9	March 30	March 14
First 32°F on or before	November 6	November 20	December 6

Column order matches the NCEI file: for the last freeze, 10% is the later date and 90% is the earlier date. How to read the probabilities.

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Windows below are from Rutgers NJAES, FS129: Planning a Vegetable Garden, retrieved 2026-10-10. The fact sheet gives one statewide month list. Footnote dated April 2020: Mr=March; Ap=April; Ma=May; Ju=June; Jl=July; Au=August; Se=September. Consecutive months are stored as one range; a gap, such as April and July, stays two windows.

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