Frost history / Dunkirk 19NNE, MT
Dunkirk 19NNE, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00242550, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,323 ft, 48.717, -111.476. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 28 | Sep 10 |
| Earliest | May 7 (1952) | Aug 12 (1966) |
| Latest | Jul 15 (1958) | Oct 7 (1963) |
| Trend | 0.6 days earlier per decade | 0.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50 | 51 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 14 and the median first fall date is Sep 21.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jun 23 | Sep 5 | May 6 | Oct 6 |
| 2024 | Jun 1 | Sep 21 | May 31 | Oct 3 |
| 2023 | Jun 21 | Sep 20 | Apr 28 | Sep 29 |
| 2022 | May 31 | Sep 10 | May 23 | Sep 10 |
| 2021 | May 29 | Sep 17 | May 22 | Sep 17 |
| 2020 | May 23 | Sep 8 | May 14 | Sep 28 |
| 2019 | May 20 | Sep 18 | May 9 | Sep 29 |
| 2018 | May 12 | Aug 28 | May 12 | Sep 30 |
| 2017 | May 18 | Sep 17 | May 15 | Sep 21 |
| 2016 | May 29 | Sep 13 | May 14 | Sep 13 |
| 2015 | May 29 | Sep 7 | May 19 | Sep 28 |
| 2014 | May 30 | Sep 12 | May 12 | Sep 12 |
| 2013 | May 25 | Sep 27 | May 15 | Sep 27 |
| 2012 | May 28 | Aug 25 | May 12 | Sep 11 |
| 2011 | May 18 | Sep 18 | May 17 | Sep 29 |
| 2010 | Jun 12 | Aug 31 | May 13 | Oct 12 |
| 2009 | no data | Sep 8 | no data | Oct 2 |
| 2008 | May 14 | Aug 28 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 2007 | May 15 | Sep 13 | May 5 | Sep 13 |
| 2006 | May 13 | Sep 1 | May 13 | Sep 23 |
| 2005 | May 27 | Sep 24 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 2004 | May 17 | Sep 16 | May 14 | Oct 1 |
| 2003 | Jun 7 | Sep 10 | May 19 | Sep 18 |
| 2002 | May 24 | Sep 22 | May 23 | Sep 25 |
| 2001 | no data | Sep 8 | no data | Sep 8 |
| 1977 | May 30 | Sep 22 | May 6 | Sep 23 |
| 1976 | May 21 | Sep 8 | May 15 | Sep 9 |
| 1975 | May 26 | Sep 19 | Apr 22 | Sep 20 |
| 1974 | May 28 | Sep 2 | Apr 28 | Sep 13 |
| 1973 | Jun 11 | Sep 16 | Jun 11 | Sep 16 |
| 1972 | Jun 19 | Sep 7 | May 2 | Sep 21 |
| 1971 | May 22 | Sep 14 | May 15 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | May 31 | Sep 11 | May 12 | Sep 12 |
| 1969 | Jun 14 | Aug 17 | May 21 | Sep 15 |
| 1968 | Jun 29 | Sep 20 | May 16 | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | May 26 | Sep 23 | May 26 | Oct 13 |
| 1966 | May 24 | Aug 12 | May 14 | Sep 30 |
| 1965 | Jun 8 | Aug 29 | May 21 | Sep 10 |
| 1964 | May 26 | Sep 10 | Apr 28 | Sep 12 |
| 1963 | May 22 | Oct 7 | May 19 | Oct 7 |
| 1962 | Jun 7 | Sep 3 | May 5 | Sep 3 |
| 1961 | May 12 | Sep 3 | May 12 | Sep 3 |
| 1960 | Jun 18 | Aug 24 | May 22 | Sep 8 |
| 1959 | May 29 | Aug 14 | May 29 | Sep 9 |
| 1958 | Jul 15 | Sep 16 | Apr 29 | Sep 26 |
| 1957 | May 24 | Sep 18 | May 23 | Sep 18 |
| 1956 | May 15 | Aug 20 | May 13 | Sep 5 |
| 1955 | May 25 | Sep 10 | May 18 | Sep 10 |
| 1954 | Jun 18 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1953 | May 23 | Sep 4 | May 17 | Sep 21 |
| 1952 | May 7 | Sep 1 | Apr 22 | Sep 14 |
| 1951 | May 29 | Sep 15 | May 29 | Sep 26 |
"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.