When to plant in Cliffside Park, NJ

Planting dates worked out from Cliffside Park's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 10

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Mar 29

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Nov 21

1 year in 10 by Nov 8

Frost-free days

234

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Ny City Cntrl Park · 5.0 km away · station 43 m, town 79 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 19 – Mar 5	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 10
Sweet pepper	Feb 5 – Feb 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 15
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 10 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 26
Peas	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	May 11
Bush beans	—	Apr 10 – May 1	May 30
Carrot	—	Mar 28 – May 9	May 27
Beet	—	Mar 28 – May 9	May 17
Potato	—	Mar 28 – Apr 18	Jun 6
Kale	Feb 10 – Feb 24	Mar 24 – Apr 7	May 6
Broccoli	Feb 3 – Feb 17	Mar 17 – Apr 7	May 16
Cucumber	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 5
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	May 31
Winter squash	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jul 5
Sweet corn	—	Apr 10 – May 1	Jun 9
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 17 – Apr 7	Jun 15
Garlic	—	Oct 25 – Nov 22 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 17 – Apr 14	Apr 24
Basil	Mar 5 – Mar 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 12

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Cliffside Park's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1869	Apr 13
1870	Mar 26
1871	Mar 29
1872	Apr 23
1873	Mar 28
1874	Apr 30
1875	Apr 22
1876	Apr 10
1877	Apr 8
1878	Mar 26
1879	Apr 6
1880	Apr 12
1881	Apr 7
1882	Apr 12
1883	Apr 3
1884	Apr 6
1885	Apr 14
1886	Apr 4
1887	Apr 19
1888	Apr 25
1889	Mar 31
1890	Apr 19
1891	May 6
1892	Apr 25
1893	Mar 30
1894	Apr 9
1895	Apr 5
1896	Apr 8
1897	Apr 20
1898	Apr 7
1899	Apr 6
1900	Apr 11
1901	Mar 31
1902	Mar 20
1903	Apr 5
1904	Apr 20
1905	Mar 15
1906	Apr 3
1907	Apr 3
1908	Apr 5
1909	Apr 11
1910	Mar 18
1911	Apr 3
1912	Apr 4
1913	Mar 28
1914	Apr 13
1915	Apr 4
1916	Apr 9
1917	Apr 10
1918	Apr 12
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 10
1921	Apr 11
1922	Apr 21
1923	Apr 14
1924	Apr 3
1925	Apr 21
1926	Apr 20
1927	Mar 28
1928	Apr 16
1929	Mar 18
1930	Apr 24
1931	Mar 14
1932	Apr 13
1933	Mar 25
1934	Mar 29
1935	Apr 16
1936	Apr 8
1937	Mar 31
1938	Apr 7
1939	Apr 13
1940	Apr 15
1941	Mar 31
1942	Feb 28
1943	Apr 16
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 11
1946	Mar 12
1947	Mar 31
1948	Apr 4
1949	Mar 20
1950	Apr 14
1951	Mar 27
1952	Mar 18
1953	Mar 11
1954	Apr 4
1955	Mar 29
1956	Mar 28
1957	Mar 25
1958	Apr 9
1959	Mar 29
1960	Mar 27
1961	Mar 21
1962	Mar 9
1963	Mar 23
1964	Apr 5
1965	Apr 1
1966	Mar 29
1967	Apr 12
1968	Apr 6
1969	Apr 1
1970	Apr 11
1971	Mar 27
1972	Apr 9
1973	Mar 21
1974	Apr 10
1975	Apr 10
1976	Apr 12
1977	Apr 9
1978	Apr 3
1979	Apr 8
1980	Apr 17
1981	Mar 21
1982	Apr 8
1983	Mar 30
1984	Mar 18
1985	Apr 10
1986	Mar 22
1987	Apr 1
1988	Mar 23
1989	Mar 22
1990	Mar 28
1991	Mar 31
1992	Apr 13
1993	Mar 20
1994	Mar 19
1995	Apr 6
1996	Mar 29
1997	Apr 10
1998	Mar 23
1999	Mar 16
2000	Apr 9
2001	Mar 28
2002	Apr 7
2003	Apr 8
2004	Apr 6
2005	Mar 16
2006	Mar 22
2007	Apr 9
2008	Mar 30
2009	Mar 24
2010	Mar 27
2011	Mar 29
2012	Mar 27
2013	Mar 23
2014	Apr 16
2015	Apr 1
2016	Apr 10
2017	Mar 23
2018	Apr 9
2019	Mar 18
2020	Mar 1
2021	Apr 3
2022	Mar 30
2023	Mar 30
2024	Mar 24

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1869	195
1870	234
1871	205
1872	206
1873	226
1874	195
1875	193
1876	187
1877	212
1878	223
1879	201
1880	219
1881	228
1882	204
1883	222
1884	226
1885	200
1886	216
1887	193
1888	205
1889	206
1890	215
1891	181
1892	199
1893	229
1894	211
1895	220
1896	228
1897	211
1898	230
1899	219
1900	217
1901	223
1902	259
1903	215
1904	193
1905	243
1906	239
1907	243
1908	212
1909	232
1910	246
1911	213
1912	212
1913	227
1914	210
1915	227
1916	219
1917	203
1918	225
1919	201
1920	215
1921	208
1922	213
1923	208
1924	226
1925	190
1926	197
1927	223
1928	196
1929	248
1930	195
1931	237
1932	220
1933	214
1934	229
1935	220
1936	200
1937	234
1938	230
1939	213
1940	186
1941	238
1942	257
1943	212
1944	230
1945	254
1946	255
1947	232
1948	250
1949	246
1950	225
1951	220
1952	255
1953	239
1954	219
1955	234
1956	226
1957	230
1958	232
1959	232
1960	224
1961	233
1962	242
1963	252
1964	229
1965	210
1966	219
1967	209
1968	228
1969	204
1970	225
1971	225
1972	193
1973	233
1974	191
1975	203
1976	197
1977	218
1978	235
1979	235
1980	212
1981	248
1982	221
1983	227
1984	245
1985	235
1986	235
1987	223
1988	221
1989	240
1990	225
1991	239
1992	208
1993	245
1994	248
1995	216
1996	227
1997	216
1998	273
1999	258
2000	224
2001	262
2002	233
2003	214
2004	216
2005	246
2006	256
2007	215
2008	232
2009	257
2010	251
2011	255
2012	223
2013	233
2014	215
2015	236
2016	242
2017	231
2018	218
2019	234
2020	243
2021	233
2022	233
2023	239
2024	250

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1869	18.5 °C
1870	19.8 °C
1871	18.5 °C
1872	19.7 °C
1873	18.2 °C
1874	17.6 °C
1875	17.9 °C
1876	19.2 °C
1877	18.9 °C
1878	19.4 °C
1879	18.6 °C
1880	19.6 °C
1881	18.8 °C
1882	18.4 °C
1883	18.1 °C
1884	18.9 °C
1885	18.5 °C
1886	18.7 °C
1887	18.6 °C
1888	17.7 °C
1889	18.9 °C
1890	18.9 °C
1891	19.4 °C
1892	19.1 °C
1893	18.0 °C
1894	19.0 °C
1895	20.0 °C
1896	20.4 °C
1897	19.0 °C
1898	19.5 °C
1899	19.9 °C
1900	20.0 °C
1901	19.3 °C
1902	18.3 °C
1903	18.6 °C
1904	19.1 °C
1905	19.7 °C
1906	20.7 °C
1907	18.7 °C
1908	20.6 °C
1909	18.9 °C
1910	19.8 °C
1911	19.4 °C
1912	18.9 °C
1913	19.1 °C
1914	18.8 °C
1915	19.0 °C
1916	18.7 °C
1917	18.2 °C
1918	19.2 °C
1919	19.0 °C
1920	18.6 °C
1921	20.1 °C
1922	19.5 °C
1923	19.1 °C
1924	18.1 °C
1925	19.4 °C
1926	18.3 °C
1927	17.9 °C
1928	18.5 °C
1929	19.5 °C
1930	20.0 °C
1931	20.1 °C
1932	19.6 °C
1933	20.0 °C
1934	19.9 °C
1935	19.0 °C
1936	19.4 °C
1937	19.7 °C
1938	19.8 °C
1939	20.2 °C
1940	18.6 °C
1941	20.5 °C
1942	20.1 °C
1943	19.8 °C
1944	20.7 °C
1945	19.6 °C
1946	19.1 °C
1947	19.2 °C
1948	19.6 °C
1949	20.6 °C
1950	18.4 °C
1951	19.8 °C
1952	20.6 °C
1953	20.5 °C
1954	19.5 °C
1955	20.6 °C
1956	18.4 °C
1957	20.4 °C
1958	19.1 °C
1959	20.9 °C
1960	19.8 °C
1961	20.1 °C
1962	19.4 °C
1963	19.0 °C
1964	19.5 °C
1965	19.5 °C
1966	20.2 °C
1967	18.7 °C
1968	20.0 °C
1969	20.7 °C
1970	20.4 °C
1971	20.4 °C
1972	19.6 °C
1973	20.3 °C
1974	19.8 °C
1975	19.2 °C
1976	19.7 °C
1977	20.4 °C
1978	19.2 °C
1979	20.3 °C
1980	21.2 °C
1981	20.8 °C
1982	19.6 °C
1983	20.7 °C
1984	19.8 °C
1985	20.3 °C
1986	20.1 °C
1987	20.2 °C
1988	20.3 °C
1989	19.6 °C
1990	19.8 °C
1991	21.2 °C
1992	18.9 °C
1993	20.9 °C
1994	20.5 °C
1995	20.4 °C
1996	19.3 °C
1997	19.1 °C
1998	20.3 °C
1999	20.7 °C
2000	19.0 °C
2001	20.2 °C
2002	20.7 °C
2003	19.0 °C
2004	20.0 °C
2005	21.0 °C
2006	20.2 °C
2007	19.9 °C
2008	20.2 °C
2009	19.2 °C
2010	21.9 °C
2011	20.8 °C
2012	20.7 °C
2013	20.3 °C
2014	20.1 °C
2015	21.7 °C
2016	21.0 °C
2017	20.4 °C
2018	20.6 °C
2019	20.6 °C
2020	20.2 °C
2021	20.7 °C
2022	20.8 °C
2023	20.6 °C
2024	21.1 °C

What this means for you: Since 1869, Cliffside Park's last spring frost has come about 1 day earlier per decade, on average. The frost-free season has grown by about 2 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Ny City Cntrl Park (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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