Freehold, New Jersey climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Freehold's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 48.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,234 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFreehold-Marlboro
- Station IDUSC00283181
- Location40.31°N 74.25°W
- Elevation194 ft (59 m)
- Population12,530
On October 14, the normal high in Freehold is 67°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Freehold.
- Jan 42° 23°
- Feb 44° 25°
- Mar 51° 31°
- Apr 63° 41°
- May 72° 51°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 85° 63°
- Sep 78° 56°
- Oct 67° 44°
- Nov 56° 36°
- Dec 47° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Freehold each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in December (4.68 in), the least in February (3.10 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 23°F | 32.3°F | 3.87 | 11 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 25°F | 34.7°F | 3.10 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 31°F | 41.4°F | 4.20 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 41°F | 52.1°F | 3.83 | 12 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 61.3°F | 3.81 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.6°F | 4.44 | 12 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 4.65 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 4.13 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 4.19 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 44°F | 55.5°F | 4.13 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 56°F | 36°F | 45.9°F | 3.54 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| December | 47°F | 28°F | 37.4°F | 4.68 | 10 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 44°F | 54.0°F | 48.57 | 125 | 28 | 106 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 98 mm |
| February | 7°C | −4°C | 1.5°C | 79 mm |
| March | 11°C | 0°C | 5.2°C | 107 mm |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 97 mm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 97 mm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 113 mm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 118 mm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 105 mm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 106 mm |
| October | 19°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 105 mm |
| November | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 90 mm |
| December | 8°C | −2°C | 3.0°C | 119 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, New Brunswick (14 miles away), gets 29 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00283181; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Freehold?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00283181.
When is the last frost in Freehold?
In Freehold, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 17 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 9 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 171 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 190 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 214 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Freehold in zone 7a in ZIP code 07728, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Freehold's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Jersey · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00283181; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Freehold?
In a normal year in Freehold, 28 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 106 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 28a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 106a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1881) is 106°F, on July 9, 1936; the lowest is −20°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1898, with 59.05 in; the snowiest season is 1880–81, with 79.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00283181; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00283181. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Freehold?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Freehold, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 1.9 |
| February | 71% | 2.8 |
| March | 69% | 3.7 |
| April | 71% | 4.8 |
| May | 70% | 5.4 |
| June | 76% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.3 |
| October | 71% | 3.0 |
| November | 72% | 2.2 |
| December | 66% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Freehold need?
A normal year in Freehold brings 4,988 heating degree days, 7% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,017 cooling degree days, 12% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,482 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,014 | 0 |
| February | 848 | 0 |
| March | 733 | 0 |
| April | 401 | 14 |
| May | 167 | 52 |
| June | 26 | 194 |
| July | 1 | 342 |
| August | 3 | 282 |
| September | 56 | 119 |
| October | 311 | 15 |
| November | 572 | 0 |
| December | 857 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,988 | 1,017 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00283181. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Freehold been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.7°F, 0.3°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 54.0°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.0°F | +2.0°F | 52.15 |
| 2023 | 56.1°F | +2.1°F | 56.04 |
| 2024 | 55.4°F | +1.4°F | 49.22 |
| 2025 | 53.7°F | −0.3°F | 40.88 |
Over 70 complete years from 1932 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.3°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00283181; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Freehold's climate compare?
Freehold is warmer than 16 of the other 32 places with their own NOAA record in New Jersey, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.0°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Freehold is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Freehold share this climate record?
14 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Old Bridge, NJ28,015 people · 7 mi NW
- West Freehold, NJ14,233 people · 6 mi S
- Robertsville, NJ11,859 people · 3 mi NW
- Matawan, NJ9,739 people · 7 mi N
- Yorketown, NJ7,265 people · 5 mi W
- Lincroft, NJ6,901 people · 6 mi E
- Strathmore, NJ6,593 people · 6 mi N
- Morganville, NJ5,544 people · 4 mi N
- East Freehold, NJ5,381 people · 3 mi S
- Englishtown, NJ2,343 people · 6 mi W
- Brownville, NJ2,267 people · 6 mi N
- Regency at Monroe, NJ2,241 people · 7 mi W
- Vista Center, NJ2,235 people · 11 mi S
- Farmingdale, NJ1,495 people · 9 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Freehold's climate
What is the coldest month in Freehold?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Freehold?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Freehold's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, New Brunswick (14 miles away), records 29 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Freehold?
December, with 4.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Freehold in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Freehold in zone 7a in ZIP code 07728, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Freehold's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Freehold?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 17; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Freehold in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- New Jersey climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Long Branch, NJ13 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- New Brunswick, NJ14 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Hightstown, NJ17 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Plainfield, NJ22 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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