Last Frost Day

Frost history / Cohagen, MT

Cohagen, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00241875, 1967 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,720 ft, 47.056, -106.616. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 15
EarliestApr 23 (1978)Aug 3 (1978)
LatestJun 30 (1995)Oct 12 (2021)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data5657

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 10 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 141970198019902000201020201968: May 261969: Jun 131970: May 151971: May 191972: Jun 201973: May 161974: May 221975: May 261976: May 151977: May 61978: Apr 231979: Jun 81980: May 151981: May 41982: Jun 71983: Jun 51984: May 261985: May 151986: May 171987: May 201988: May 221989: May 261990: May 171991: May 161992: May 171993: May 251994: May 311995: Jun 301996: May 101997: May 291998: Jun 61999: May 172000: Jun 22001: May 242002: May 242003: May 202004: Jun 182005: May 302006: May 112007: May 262008: May 32009: Jun 102010: May 232011: May 52012: May 292013: May 112014: May 162015: May 202017: May 302018: Apr 242019: May 202021: May 102022: May 212023: May 172024: May 302025: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201967: Sep 271968: Sep 171969: Sep 161970: Sep 111971: Sep 151972: Sep 211973: Sep 171974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 91977: Sep 261978: Aug 31979: Sep 141980: Aug 301981: Sep 161982: Sep 171983: Sep 131984: Aug 301985: Sep 201986: Sep 61987: Sep 121988: Aug 271989: Sep 111990: Sep 141991: Sep 181992: Aug 251993: Sep 61994: Aug 311995: Sep 211996: Sep 241997: Sep 191998: Sep 211999: Sep 152000: Sep 222001: Oct 32002: Sep 222003: Sep 182004: Sep 212005: Sep 222006: Sep 192007: Sep 92008: Sep 82009: Sep 222010: Sep 172011: Sep 32012: Sep 112014: Sep 122015: Aug 222016: Sep 132017: Sep 52019: Sep 122020: Sep 72021: Oct 122022: Oct 62023: Oct 52024: Sep 212025: Sep 5

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2025May 1Sep 5Apr 24Oct 6
2024May 30Sep 21May 3Oct 3
2023May 17Oct 5Apr 29Oct 5
2022May 21Oct 6May 21Oct 15
2021May 10Oct 12May 5Oct 19
2020no dataSep 7no dataSep 30
2019May 20Sep 12May 9Sep 12
2018Apr 24no dataApr 15no data
2017May 30Sep 5May 19Sep 25
2016no dataSep 13no dataOct 6
2015May 20Aug 22May 20Oct 4
2014May 16Sep 12May 16Sep 15
2013May 11no dataMay 11no data
2012May 29Sep 11May 25Sep 11
2011May 5Sep 3May 2Sep 20
2010May 23Sep 17May 8Oct 16
2009Jun 10Sep 22May 16Sep 22
2008May 3Sep 8May 3Sep 8
2007May 26Sep 9Apr 13Sep 14
2006May 11Sep 19May 11Oct 10
2005May 30Sep 22May 14Oct 6
2004Jun 18Sep 21Jun 18Sep 21
2003May 20Sep 18May 20Sep 18
2002May 24Sep 22May 24Sep 22
2001May 24Oct 3May 3Oct 5
2000Jun 2Sep 22May 14Sep 24
1999May 17Sep 15May 17Oct 2
1998Jun 6Sep 21May 7Oct 12
1997May 29Sep 19May 19Sep 19
1996May 10Sep 24May 9Sep 27
1995Jun 30Sep 21May 25Sep 21
1994May 31Aug 31Apr 30Aug 31
1993May 25Sep 6Apr 29Sep 14
1992May 17Aug 25May 12Sep 10
1991May 16Sep 18May 5Sep 18
1990May 17Sep 14May 14Sep 22
1989May 26Sep 11May 2Sep 11
1988May 22Aug 27May 3Oct 4
1987May 20Sep 12Apr 20Oct 7
1986May 17Sep 6May 17Sep 7
1985May 15Sep 20May 14Sep 23
1984May 26Aug 30May 8Sep 15
1983Jun 5Sep 13May 14Sep 13
1982Jun 7Sep 17May 31Sep 17
1981May 4Sep 16May 4Sep 27
1980May 15Aug 30May 14Aug 30
1979Jun 8Sep 14May 10Sep 14
1978Apr 23Aug 3Apr 20Oct 3
1977May 6Sep 26May 6Oct 4
1976May 15Sep 9May 7Sep 9
1975May 26Sep 12Apr 21Sep 12
1974May 22Sep 2May 15Sep 2
1973May 16Sep 17May 14Sep 17
1972Jun 20Sep 21Apr 24Sep 21
1971May 19Sep 15May 10Sep 18
1970May 15Sep 11Apr 30Sep 11
1969Jun 13Sep 16Jun 13Oct 5
1968May 26Sep 17May 20Oct 3
1967no dataSep 27no dataSep 27

"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.