Frost history / Eureka Rs, MT
Eureka Rs, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00242827, 1960 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,532 ft, 48.898, -115.064. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 20 | Sep 17 |
| Earliest | Apr 17 (2016) | Aug 19 (1973) |
| Latest | Jul 18 (1962) | Oct 24 (2023) |
| Trend | 4.7 days earlier per decade | 2.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 63 | 62 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 3.
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 | Apr 26 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 2024 | May 4 | Oct 3 | Apr 23 | Oct 3 |
| 2023 | Apr 28 | Oct 24 | Apr 15 | Oct 25 |
| 2022 | May 22 | Sep 21 | Apr 18 | Nov 6 |
| 2021 | May 5 | Oct 2 | Apr 19 | Oct 8 |
| 2020 | May 11 | Sep 8 | Apr 16 | Oct 22 |
| 2019 | May 1 | Oct 1 | Apr 30 | Oct 1 |
| 2018 | Apr 24 | Oct 7 | Apr 19 | Oct 7 |
| 2017 | May 8 | Sep 16 | Apr 16 | Oct 4 |
| 2016 | Apr 17 | Sep 13 | Mar 22 | Oct 11 |
| 2015 | May 9 | Sep 17 | May 3 | Oct 24 |
| 2013 | May 5 | no data | May 1 | no data |
| 2012 | May 12 | Sep 12 | May 11 | Oct 4 |
| 2011 | May 18 | Sep 29 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 |
| 2010 | May 24 | Sep 2 | Apr 26 | Oct 16 |
| 2009 | Jun 7 | Sep 21 | May 2 | Oct 7 |
| 2008 | May 15 | Oct 9 | May 15 | Oct 9 |
| 2007 | May 7 | Sep 14 | Apr 12 | Oct 13 |
| 2006 | May 14 | Oct 7 | May 10 | Oct 9 |
| 2005 | May 25 | Sep 7 | May 24 | Sep 21 |
| 2004 | Apr 30 | Oct 1 | Apr 25 | Oct 25 |
| 2003 | May 20 | Sep 30 | May 19 | Oct 1 |
| 2002 | May 22 | Sep 21 | May 10 | Oct 2 |
| 2001 | May 21 | Oct 2 | May 20 | Oct 2 |
| 2000 | no data | Sep 22 | no data | Sep 22 |
| 1999 | Jun 8 | Sep 1 | May 9 | Sep 28 |
| 1998 | May 16 | Sep 21 | Apr 26 | Oct 16 |
| 1997 | May 22 | Oct 8 | Apr 22 | Oct 20 |
| 1996 | May 11 | Sep 23 | Apr 30 | Sep 23 |
| 1995 | May 22 | Sep 21 | Apr 29 | Sep 21 |
| 1994 | Apr 28 | Sep 13 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 |
| 1993 | May 3 | Sep 13 | Mar 29 | Oct 9 |
| 1992 | May 22 | Aug 25 | May 16 | Oct 7 |
| 1991 | May 27 | Sep 22 | May 4 | Oct 4 |
| 1990 | May 11 | Oct 6 | May 10 | Oct 6 |
| 1989 | May 29 | Sep 9 | Apr 12 | Sep 9 |
| 1988 | May 21 | Sep 12 | Apr 25 | Oct 18 |
| 1987 | May 22 | Sep 17 | Apr 20 | Oct 5 |
| 1986 | May 23 | Sep 7 | Apr 24 | Sep 12 |
| 1985 | May 13 | Sep 25 | May 13 | Sep 28 |
| 1984 | May 11 | Sep 13 | Apr 30 | Sep 24 |
| 1983 | May 13 | Sep 6 | May 12 | Sep 19 |
| 1982 | Jun 8 | Sep 15 | May 9 | Sep 15 |
| 1981 | May 13 | Sep 24 | Apr 18 | Sep 24 |
| 1980 | Jun 7 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
| 1979 | May 30 | Sep 24 | May 9 | Oct 3 |
| 1978 | May 23 | Oct 3 | May 7 | Oct 3 |
| 1977 | May 27 | Sep 10 | May 19 | Oct 2 |
| 1976 | Jun 5 | Oct 4 | May 19 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | Jun 30 | Sep 30 | May 21 | Oct 9 |
| 1974 | May 3 | Sep 2 | Apr 14 | Sep 12 |
| 1973 | Jun 11 | Aug 19 | Jun 11 | Sep 15 |
| 1972 | May 4 | Sep 1 | Apr 30 | Sep 11 |
| 1971 | May 22 | Sep 14 | May 7 | Sep 14 |
| 1970 | May 18 | Sep 10 | May 18 | Sep 12 |
| 1969 | Jun 13 | Aug 29 | Jun 13 | Sep 16 |
| 1968 | Jun 15 | Sep 21 | Jun 15 | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | May 26 | Sep 13 | May 26 | Sep 23 |
| 1966 | May 23 | Sep 30 | May 18 | Oct 9 |
| 1965 | Jun 7 | Sep 6 | May 19 | Sep 6 |
| 1964 | May 26 | Sep 6 | May 26 | Sep 11 |
| 1963 | May 19 | Oct 8 | May 11 | Oct 8 |
| 1962 | Jul 18 | Aug 29 | May 5 | Sep 3 |
| 1961 | May 12 | Sep 12 | Apr 26 | Sep 14 |
| 1960 | no data | Sep 7 | no data | Sep 7 |
"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.