Cuba, MO 65453 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cuba, MO, ZIP 65453
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/08, about 164 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cuba in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Cuba has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Cuba's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cuba compares
About 164 days separate Cuba's last and first frost, putting it 30,946 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 1,122 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cuba can differ from the 65453 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cuba's frost date answer different questions.