Frost history / Albion 1 N, MT
Albion 1 N, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00240088, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,312 ft, 45.209, -104.265. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 24 | Sep 15 |
| Earliest | May 2 (1962) | Aug 12 (1964) |
| Latest | Jun 29 (1995) | Oct 7 (1998) |
| Trend | 1.0 days later per decade | 2.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 32 | 29 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 14 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.
The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jun 25 | Sep 4 | May 19 | Oct 2 |
| 2016 | May 24 | Sep 9 | May 16 | Oct 6 |
| 2015 | May 20 | Aug 22 | May 20 | Oct 15 |
| 2014 | May 14 | no data | May 14 | no data |
| 2012 | no data | Oct 3 | no data | Oct 4 |
| 2010 | May 13 | no data | May 8 | no data |
| 2008 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Sep 24 |
| 2007 | May 27 | Sep 10 | Apr 26 | Sep 14 |
| 2006 | May 11 | Sep 19 | May 5 | Sep 19 |
| 2005 | May 29 | Oct 5 | May 4 | Oct 6 |
| 2004 | Jun 2 | Oct 1 | May 14 | Oct 2 |
| 2003 | May 21 | Sep 19 | May 20 | Sep 28 |
| 2002 | May 25 | Sep 22 | May 24 | Sep 22 |
| 2001 | May 24 | no data | May 24 | no data |
| 2000 | Jun 2 | Sep 10 | May 18 | Sep 24 |
| 1999 | May 17 | Sep 10 | May 7 | Sep 15 |
| 1998 | Jun 6 | Oct 7 | May 7 | Oct 12 |
| 1997 | May 19 | Sep 20 | May 18 | Sep 20 |
| 1996 | May 10 | Sep 20 | May 4 | Sep 23 |
| 1995 | Jun 29 | Sep 20 | May 22 | Sep 20 |
| 1994 | May 8 | Sep 21 | May 8 | Sep 21 |
| 1993 | Jun 3 | Aug 30 | Jun 3 | Sep 13 |
| 1992 | Jun 5 | Aug 24 | May 16 | Aug 24 |
| 1991 | May 6 | Sep 17 | May 6 | Sep 17 |
| 1979 | Jun 9 | no data | May 11 | no data |
| 1978 | no data | Sep 20 | no data | Sep 20 |
| 1971 | May 20 | Sep 15 | May 20 | Sep 18 |
| 1967 | May 13 | no data | May 13 | no data |
| 1965 | May 28 | no data | May 11 | no data |
| 1964 | no data | Aug 12 | no data | Sep 12 |
| 1963 | May 22 | no data | May 22 | no data |
| 1962 | May 2 | no data | May 1 | no data |
| 1960 | May 29 | no data | May 20 | no data |
| 1959 | May 23 | Sep 3 | May 14 | Sep 30 |
| 1957 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Oct 7 |
| 1953 | no data | Sep 3 | no data | Sep 20 |
| 1952 | May 10 | Sep 2 | May 10 | Sep 22 |
| 1951 | Jun 3 | Sep 13 | May 6 | Sep 14 |
"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.