Last Frost Day

Frost history / Conrad, MT

Conrad, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00241974, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,550 ft, 48.174, -111.950. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 24Sep 14
EarliestApr 28 (2023)Aug 10 (1977)
LatestJul 17 (1986)Oct 20 (1963)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data6769

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 12 and the median first fall date is Sep 24.

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 14Jul 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 11952: Jun 181953: May 221954: Jun 181955: May 171956: May 131957: May 241960: May 231961: May 121962: Jun 61963: May 221964: May 261965: May 181966: May 121967: May 131968: May 201969: Jun 131970: May 141971: May 221972: Jun 191973: Jun 111974: Jun 11975: May 261976: Jun 41977: May 301978: May 271979: Jun 151980: May 151981: Jun 181982: Jun 81983: Jun 201984: Jun 61985: May 171986: Jul 171987: May 231988: May 211989: May 291991: Jun 181992: May 251993: Jun 171995: May 241996: May 211997: May 191998: Jun 31999: Jul 162000: May 312001: May 302002: May 232003: May 202004: May 242006: May 122007: May 142008: May 282009: Jun 82010: May 122011: May 312012: May 272013: May 62014: May 122015: May 212016: May 222017: May 142018: May 122020: May 162021: May 222023: Apr 282024: May 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201952: Sep 221953: Sep 211954: Sep 211956: Sep 31957: Sep 161959: Sep 91960: Sep 81961: Sep 121962: Sep 31963: Oct 201964: Sep 121965: Sep 71966: Sep 301967: Oct 51968: Sep 211969: Sep 151970: Sep 111971: Sep 141972: Sep 101973: Sep 21974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 81977: Aug 101978: Sep 171979: Sep 131980: Aug 301981: Sep 201982: Sep 111983: Sep 61984: Sep 81985: Sep 61986: Sep 71987: Sep 171988: Sep 81989: Sep 101990: Sep 141991: Sep 51992: Aug 201993: Aug 251996: Sep 151997: Sep 181998: Sep 211999: Sep 122000: Sep 202001: Oct 42002: Sep 252003: Sep 172004: Sep 212005: Sep 242006: Sep 12008: Sep 22009: Sep 282010: Oct 122011: Sep 212012: Sep 122013: Sep 202014: Sep 102015: Aug 232016: Sep 132017: Sep 212018: Sep 142019: Sep 282020: Sep 82021: Sep 172022: Sep 212023: Sep 292024: Sep 302025: Oct 6

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
2025no dataOct 6no dataOct 6
2024May 21Sep 30May 4Oct 4
2023Apr 28Sep 29Apr 23Oct 24
2022no dataSep 21no dataSep 21
2021May 22Sep 17May 22Oct 8
2020May 16Sep 8Apr 19Oct 13
2019no dataSep 28no dataSep 28
2018May 12Sep 14Apr 24Sep 30
2017May 14Sep 21May 3Sep 24
2016May 22Sep 13Apr 18Sep 13
2015May 21Aug 23May 18Oct 15
2014May 12Sep 10May 12Sep 12
2013May 6Sep 20May 2Oct 4
2012May 27Sep 12May 11Oct 4
2011May 31Sep 21May 5Oct 14
2010May 12Oct 12May 8Oct 16
2009Jun 8Sep 28May 4Sep 28
2008May 28Sep 2May 10Oct 9
2007May 14no dataMay 5no data
2006May 12Sep 1May 4Oct 9
2005no dataSep 24no dataSep 28
2004May 24Sep 21May 14Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 17May 17Sep 30
2002May 23Sep 25May 16Sep 25
2001May 30Oct 4May 7Oct 5
2000May 31Sep 20May 13Sep 21
1999Jul 16Sep 12May 8Sep 19
1998Jun 3Sep 21May 19Oct 4
1997May 19Sep 18May 8Sep 19
1996May 21Sep 15May 21Sep 23
1995May 24no dataMay 23no data
1993Jun 17Aug 25May 3Sep 17
1992May 25Aug 20May 25Aug 20
1991Jun 18Sep 5May 26Sep 14
1990no dataSep 14no dataSep 29
1989May 29Sep 10May 1Sep 11
1988May 21Sep 8May 6Sep 22
1987May 23Sep 17May 22Sep 17
1986Jul 17Sep 7May 14Oct 3
1985May 17Sep 6May 6Sep 20
1984Jun 6Sep 8May 12Sep 13
1983Jun 20Sep 6May 16Sep 19
1982Jun 8Sep 11May 31Sep 15
1981Jun 18Sep 20May 5Sep 22
1980May 15Aug 30May 13Sep 25
1979Jun 15Sep 13May 20Oct 3
1978May 27Sep 17May 25Sep 17
1977May 30Aug 10May 29Sep 24
1976Jun 4Sep 8May 15Sep 9
1975May 26Sep 12Apr 22Sep 19
1974Jun 1Sep 2May 19Sep 2
1973Jun 11Sep 2May 13Sep 16
1972Jun 19Sep 10May 6Sep 24
1971May 22Sep 14May 15Sep 18
1970May 14Sep 11May 13Sep 12
1969Jun 13Sep 15May 21Sep 15
1968May 20Sep 21May 20Oct 3
1967May 13Oct 5May 13Oct 15
1966May 12Sep 30May 12Oct 3
1965May 18Sep 7May 18Sep 15
1964May 26Sep 12Apr 28Sep 12
1963May 22Oct 20May 22Oct 26
1962Jun 6Sep 3May 5Sep 3
1961May 12Sep 12May 3Sep 19
1960May 23Sep 8May 23Sep 22
1959no dataSep 9no dataSep 29
1957May 24Sep 16Apr 27Sep 18
1956May 13Sep 3May 6Sep 5
1955May 17no dataMay 9no data
1954Jun 18Sep 21May 3Sep 30
1953May 22Sep 21May 21Oct 3
1952Jun 18Sep 22May 5Oct 4
1951Jun 1no dataMay 28no data

"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.