Last Frost Day

Frost history / Raymond Border Stn, MT

Raymond Border Stn, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00246893, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,345 ft, 48.998, -104.575. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Sep 19
EarliestApr 11 (2010)Aug 16 (1975)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 26 (1963)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data6466

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 11952: May 281953: May 181954: May 311956: May 111957: May 221958: May 111959: May 221960: Jun 61961: May 171962: May 111963: May 221964: Jun 11965: May 271967: May 121968: May 201969: Jun 201970: May 151971: May 191972: May 81973: May 161974: May 291975: May 261977: May 61978: Apr 261979: May 201980: May 141981: May 111982: May 91983: May 311984: May 111985: Jun 41986: May 171987: Jun 31988: May 51989: May 51990: Jun 151991: May 61992: Jun 71993: May 181994: May 51995: May 241996: May 121997: May 201998: Jun 41999: May 122000: May 162001: May 202002: May 242003: May 192004: May 252005: May 142006: May 112007: May 262008: May 272010: Apr 112011: May 152012: May 252013: May 112014: May 142015: May 292016: May 142017: Apr 292018: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 231952: Sep 181953: Sep 211954: Sep 71955: Sep 101956: Sep 41957: Sep 181958: Sep 251959: Sep 151960: Sep 221961: Sep 21962: Sep 31963: Oct 261964: Sep 71965: Sep 41967: Sep 221968: Oct 21969: Sep 151970: Sep 121971: Sep 171972: Sep 211973: Sep 151974: Sep 21975: Aug 161976: Sep 231977: Oct 41978: Sep 201979: Oct 91980: Aug 301981: Sep 271982: Sep 131983: Sep 191984: Sep 151985: Sep 201986: Sep 61987: Oct 21988: Sep 191989: Sep 101990: Sep 221991: Sep 171992: Sep 181993: Sep 131994: Oct 71995: Sep 191996: Sep 241997: Sep 191999: Sep 272000: Sep 222001: Oct 32002: Sep 222003: Sep 252004: Oct 12006: Sep 192007: Sep 142008: Sep 292009: Oct 62010: Oct 232011: Sep 142012: Sep 172013: Oct 32014: Sep 112015: Oct 72016: Sep 122017: Oct 52018: Sep 52020: Sep 7

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
2020no dataSep 7no dataSep 7
2018Apr 26Sep 5Apr 19Sep 27
2017Apr 29Oct 5Apr 28Oct 9
2016May 14Sep 12May 13Oct 5
2015May 29Oct 7May 18Oct 25
2014May 14Sep 11May 14Sep 11
2013May 11Oct 3May 11Oct 4
2012May 25Sep 17Apr 18Sep 22
2011May 15Sep 14May 2Sep 14
2010Apr 11Oct 23Mar 27Oct 26
2009no dataOct 6no dataOct 8
2008May 27Sep 29May 10Oct 9
2007May 26Sep 14Apr 13Sep 14
2006May 11Sep 19Apr 27Sep 19
2005May 14no dataMay 14no data
2004May 25Oct 1May 16Oct 1
2003May 19Sep 25Apr 29Sep 29
2002May 24Sep 22May 23Sep 23
2001May 20Oct 3May 4Oct 4
2000May 16Sep 22May 13Sep 24
1999May 12Sep 27Apr 23Sep 30
1998Jun 4no dataMay 1no data
1997May 20Sep 19May 20Oct 13
1996May 12Sep 24May 12Sep 26
1995May 24Sep 19May 13Sep 21
1994May 5Oct 7May 4Oct 23
1993May 18Sep 13Apr 30Sep 29
1992Jun 7Sep 18May 25Sep 18
1991May 6Sep 17May 6Sep 19
1990Jun 15Sep 22May 1Oct 5
1989May 5Sep 10May 5Sep 10
1988May 5Sep 19May 4Sep 19
1987Jun 3Oct 2Jun 2Oct 9
1986May 17Sep 6May 1Sep 7
1985Jun 4Sep 20Apr 21Sep 24
1984May 11Sep 15May 11Sep 24
1983May 31Sep 19May 15Sep 20
1982May 9Sep 13May 7Sep 13
1981May 11Sep 27Apr 20Oct 18
1980May 14Aug 30May 14Oct 17
1979May 20Oct 9May 11Oct 9
1978Apr 26Sep 20Apr 20Oct 6
1977May 6Oct 4May 2Oct 4
1976no dataSep 23no dataSep 23
1975May 26Aug 16May 1Oct 9
1974May 29Sep 2May 23Sep 2
1973May 16Sep 15May 12Sep 15
1972May 8Sep 21May 6Sep 21
1971May 19Sep 17Apr 28Oct 11
1970May 15Sep 12May 1Sep 12
1969Jun 20Sep 15Jun 12Sep 16
1968May 20Oct 2May 16Oct 3
1967May 12Sep 22May 11Oct 8
1965May 27Sep 4May 27Sep 17
1964Jun 1Sep 7May 31Sep 11
1963May 22Oct 26May 21Oct 27
1962May 11Sep 3May 8Sep 3
1961May 17Sep 2May 9Sep 3
1960Jun 6Sep 22May 6Sep 28
1959May 22Sep 15May 14Sep 15
1958May 11Sep 25May 3Sep 30
1957May 22Sep 18Apr 20Sep 19
1956May 11Sep 4May 4Oct 6
1955no dataSep 10no dataSep 10
1954May 31Sep 7May 4Sep 21
1953May 18Sep 21May 15Sep 21
1952May 28Sep 18May 28Oct 4
1951Jun 1Sep 23Jun 1Sep 23

"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.