Frost history / Livingston 12 S, MT
Livingston 12 S, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00245080, 1982 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,044 ft, 45.496, -110.559. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 24 | Sep 20 |
| Earliest | May 5 (2013) | Aug 17 (2002) |
| Latest | Jul 7 (1994) | Oct 18 (2011) |
| Trend | 4.5 days earlier per decade | 3.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 43 | 43 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 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 | May 7 | Oct 6 | Apr 25 | Oct 6 |
| 2024 | May 24 | Oct 3 | May 1 | Oct 30 |
| 2023 | May 10 | no data | Apr 28 | no data |
| 2022 | no data | Sep 10 | no data | Oct 24 |
| 2021 | May 30 | Sep 17 | May 22 | Oct 12 |
| 2020 | May 24 | Sep 8 | Apr 17 | Sep 9 |
| 2019 | May 20 | Sep 29 | May 3 | Sep 29 |
| 2018 | Jun 12 | Sep 26 | Apr 24 | Oct 4 |
| 2017 | May 19 | Oct 3 | May 19 | Oct 3 |
| 2016 | May 11 | Oct 11 | Apr 17 | Oct 11 |
| 2015 | May 11 | Oct 16 | May 11 | Nov 4 |
| 2014 | May 14 | Sep 11 | May 13 | Sep 12 |
| 2013 | May 5 | Oct 3 | May 2 | Oct 5 |
| 2012 | May 7 | Oct 3 | Apr 7 | Oct 6 |
| 2011 | May 11 | Oct 18 | Apr 29 | Oct 26 |
| 2010 | May 13 | Oct 12 | May 13 | Oct 12 |
| 2009 | May 21 | Sep 21 | May 2 | Sep 21 |
| 2008 | Jun 9 | Sep 8 | Apr 25 | Oct 9 |
| 2007 | May 29 | Oct 6 | May 7 | Oct 27 |
| 2006 | May 11 | Sep 1 | May 5 | Oct 10 |
| 2005 | May 31 | Sep 14 | May 12 | Oct 6 |
| 2004 | May 25 | Sep 4 | May 14 | Sep 22 |
| 2003 | Jun 25 | Sep 14 | May 20 | Sep 30 |
| 2002 | May 23 | Aug 17 | May 23 | Sep 23 |
| 2001 | Jun 13 | Oct 4 | May 21 | Oct 5 |
| 2000 | Jun 1 | Sep 20 | Apr 30 | Sep 22 |
| 1999 | Jun 10 | Sep 8 | May 15 | Sep 12 |
| 1998 | Jun 5 | Oct 5 | Jun 5 | Oct 15 |
| 1997 | May 19 | Sep 20 | May 19 | Oct 6 |
| 1996 | Jun 19 | Sep 18 | May 5 | Sep 18 |
| 1995 | Jun 10 | Sep 21 | May 23 | Sep 21 |
| 1994 | Jul 7 | Sep 22 | Apr 30 | Sep 22 |
| 1993 | May 8 | Aug 30 | Apr 27 | Sep 14 |
| 1992 | May 12 | Aug 24 | May 12 | Aug 26 |
| 1991 | Jun 15 | Sep 18 | May 3 | Oct 4 |
| 1990 | May 19 | Sep 29 | May 10 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | May 26 | Sep 10 | May 1 | Sep 11 |
| 1988 | May 20 | Sep 19 | May 20 | Sep 19 |
| 1987 | Jun 3 | Sep 17 | May 3 | Sep 17 |
| 1986 | May 24 | Sep 21 | May 23 | Oct 11 |
| 1985 | May 31 | Sep 20 | May 12 | Sep 28 |
| 1984 | Jun 2 | Sep 13 | May 8 | Sep 22 |
| 1983 | Jun 1 | Sep 10 | May 15 | Sep 19 |
| 1982 | Jun 9 | Sep 17 | May 31 | Sep 30 |
"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.