Last Frost Day

Frost history / Raynesford 2 Nnw, MT

Raynesford 2 Nnw, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00246902, 1970 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,215 ft, 47.297, -110.746. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 25Sep 17
EarliestApr 30 (1994)Aug 12 (1987)
LatestJul 16 (1999)Oct 17 (1994)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.9 days later per decade
Years with data4343

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 9 and the median first fall date is Sep 29.

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 29197019801990200020101971: May 311972: May 251973: May 271974: Jun 11975: May 261976: May 201977: May 291978: May 251979: Jun 81980: May 121981: Jun 141982: May 311983: May 311984: Jun 21985: May 121986: May 161987: May 221988: May 31989: May 301990: May 191991: May 51992: May 251993: May 31994: Apr 301995: May 271996: May 111997: May 191998: Jun 41999: Jul 162000: Jun 12001: May 212002: Jun 112003: May 202004: May 252005: May 312006: May 132007: May 252008: Jun 112009: Jun 82010: May 302011: May 192012: May 282013: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27197019801990200020101970: Sep 101971: Sep 141972: Sep 71973: Sep 141974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 191977: Sep 261978: Sep 171979: Oct 31980: Sep 161981: Sep 231982: Sep 111983: Sep 181984: Sep 131985: Sep 71986: Sep 71987: Aug 121988: Sep 101989: Sep 101990: Sep 301991: Sep 181992: Aug 221993: Sep 121994: Oct 171995: Sep 191996: Sep 231997: Sep 191998: Sep 211999: Sep 192000: Sep 202001: Oct 22002: Sep 212003: Sep 172004: Sep 202005: Sep 282006: Sep 162007: Sep 132008: Sep 82009: Sep 292010: Oct 122011: Sep 292012: Sep 12

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
2013May 3no dataMay 3no data
2012May 28Sep 12May 11Oct 5
2011May 19Sep 29Apr 30Oct 16
2010May 30Oct 12May 10Oct 16
2009Jun 8Sep 29Jun 8Sep 29
2008Jun 11Sep 8May 1Oct 9
2007May 25Sep 13May 15Oct 26
2006May 13Sep 16May 5Oct 11
2005May 31Sep 28May 3Sep 28
2004May 25Sep 20May 14Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 17May 19Sep 18
2002Jun 11Sep 21May 23Sep 28
2001May 21Oct 2May 7Oct 5
2000Jun 1Sep 20May 12Sep 21
1999Jul 16Sep 19May 9Sep 27
1998Jun 4Sep 21Apr 26Oct 4
1997May 19Sep 19May 19Oct 9
1996May 11Sep 23May 10Sep 23
1995May 27Sep 19May 1Sep 21
1994Apr 30Oct 17Apr 29Oct 23
1993May 3Sep 12Apr 15Sep 22
1992May 25Aug 22May 12Oct 7
1991May 5Sep 18May 5Sep 18
1990May 19Sep 30May 9Oct 7
1989May 30Sep 10Apr 30Sep 11
1988May 3Sep 10May 2Sep 11
1987May 22Aug 12May 20Oct 9
1986May 16Sep 7May 1Sep 7
1985May 12Sep 7May 6Sep 23
1984Jun 2Sep 13May 5Sep 23
1983May 31Sep 18May 31Sep 19
1982May 31Sep 11May 31Sep 15
1981Jun 14Sep 23May 3Oct 12
1980May 12Sep 16May 11Oct 10
1979Jun 8Oct 3May 10Oct 9
1978May 25Sep 17May 4Sep 17
1977May 29Sep 26May 6Oct 5
1976May 20Sep 19Apr 29Oct 5
1975May 26Sep 12May 25Oct 8
1974Jun 1Sep 2May 22Sep 30
1973May 27Sep 14May 27Sep 14
1972May 25Sep 7May 7Sep 23
1971May 31Sep 14May 23Sep 18
1970no dataSep 10no dataSep 12

"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.