Cuba, NM 87018 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cuba, NM, ZIP 87018
Around 05/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 273 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 09/28, about 121 frost-free days later.
Cuba sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Cuba has about 4 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 05/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 06/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cuba compares
About 121 days separate Cuba's last and first frost, putting it 39,032 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NM, it ranks 377 of 427.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Cuba's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cuba's dates instead of trusting one.