Cuba, NY 14743 Frost Dates
Cuba, NY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/14, roughly 259 days out. 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 36,393 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 1,718 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14743's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cuba can differ from the 14743 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Cuba's frost date answer different questions.