Cuba, NM 87017 Frost Dates
Cuba, NM: when does the frost end?
Around 05/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 273 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 09/27, roughly 121 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 4 weeks until Cuba's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 05/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 06/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cuba against the rest of the dataset
About 121 days separate Cuba's last and first frost, putting it 39,031 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 376 of 427.
Learn more
Before leaning on 87017's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cuba's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Cuba's dates instead of trusting one.