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Last and first frost dates in Cárdenas

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Cárdenas had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Cárdenas

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Cárdenas

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Matanzas38 km——
Havana119 km——
Cienfuegos126 km——
Santa Clara147 km——
Sancti Spíritus220 km——

Weather in Cárdenas by month

Average weather in Cárdenas over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (26.3–31.9 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: April–September (30.3–31.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 19.4 °C. About 1122 mm of rain falls in a year, on 185 days; September is the wettest month (169 mm) and February the driest (26 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January26.319.4399
February27.819.9267
March28.920.4357
April30.321.74110
May30.922.914318
June31.32416824
July31.924.613222
August31.924.715724
September30.924.316923
October29.523.611220
November27.9225712
December27.120.5439

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).