Cuba, NM 87012 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cuba, NM?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 168 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Cuba, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Cuba before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cuba's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cuba compares
About 168 days separate Cuba's last and first frost, putting it 29,758 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 217 of 427.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cuba's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cuba can differ from the 87012 normal.