Cuba, NY 14714 Frost Dates
Cuba, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 05/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 259 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/06, roughly 144 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cuba in Zone 5b (-15 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
With roughly 6 weeks until Cuba's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/14 isn't a guarantee
05/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cuba against the rest of the dataset
Cuba's growing season runs about 144 days, ranking 36,391 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,716 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14714's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cuba's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cuba can differ from the 14714 normal.