Frost history / Redstone, MT
Redstone, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00246927, 1951 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,106 ft, 48.820, -104.943. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 30 | Sep 3 |
| Earliest | May 6 (1956) | Aug 2 (2002) |
| Latest | Jun 26 (1952) | Sep 29 (1963) |
| Trend | 1.0 days earlier per decade | 0.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 48 | 54 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Sep 14.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Sep 22 |
| 2008 | May 26 | Sep 2 | May 25 | Sep 2 |
| 2007 | May 15 | Aug 29 | May 1 | Sep 13 |
| 2006 | May 15 | Sep 1 | May 11 | Sep 19 |
| 2003 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Sep 14 |
| 2002 | no data | Aug 2 | no data | Sep 22 |
| 2001 | no data | Sep 11 | no data | Sep 11 |
| 1999 | May 27 | Sep 9 | May 7 | Sep 9 |
| 1998 | Jun 4 | Sep 21 | Jun 4 | Sep 21 |
| 1997 | May 29 | Sep 20 | May 20 | Sep 20 |
| 1996 | Jun 3 | Sep 11 | May 9 | Sep 11 |
| 1995 | May 28 | Sep 8 | May 25 | Sep 21 |
| 1994 | May 31 | Aug 31 | May 9 | Aug 31 |
| 1993 | Jun 17 | Sep 6 | May 19 | Sep 14 |
| 1992 | Jun 7 | Aug 26 | Jun 7 | Sep 10 |
| 1991 | May 6 | Sep 4 | May 6 | Sep 19 |
| 1990 | May 17 | Sep 14 | May 14 | Sep 29 |
| 1989 | Jun 8 | Sep 10 | May 6 | Sep 10 |
| 1988 | May 22 | Aug 28 | May 4 | Aug 28 |
| 1987 | May 23 | Sep 8 | Apr 27 | Sep 9 |
| 1986 | May 17 | Aug 26 | May 17 | Sep 6 |
| 1985 | Jun 4 | Sep 20 | Jun 4 | Sep 24 |
| 1984 | Jun 3 | Sep 4 | Jun 3 | Sep 23 |
| 1983 | Jun 16 | Sep 13 | Jun 6 | Sep 20 |
| 1982 | May 31 | Aug 27 | May 12 | Sep 13 |
| 1981 | no data | Sep 3 | no data | Sep 3 |
| 1980 | no data | Aug 26 | no data | Sep 9 |
| 1979 | Jun 9 | Aug 14 | Jun 8 | Sep 24 |
| 1978 | Jun 7 | Aug 3 | Apr 21 | Sep 21 |
| 1977 | May 6 | Aug 5 | May 6 | Oct 2 |
| 1976 | May 16 | no data | May 6 | no data |
| 1975 | May 31 | Aug 17 | May 1 | Sep 12 |
| 1974 | Jun 7 | no data | May 17 | no data |
| 1973 | May 16 | Sep 15 | May 16 | Sep 15 |
| 1972 | May 22 | Sep 1 | May 8 | Sep 11 |
| 1971 | May 23 | Sep 8 | May 19 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | no data | Sep 12 | no data | Sep 12 |
| 1969 | Jun 20 | Sep 7 | Jun 20 | Sep 15 |
| 1968 | Jun 1 | Aug 9 | May 20 | Sep 6 |
| 1967 | Jun 23 | Aug 26 | May 19 | Sep 21 |
| 1966 | Jun 8 | Aug 22 | May 10 | Sep 14 |
| 1965 | May 28 | Sep 1 | May 27 | Sep 5 |
| 1964 | Jun 2 | Aug 11 | Jun 2 | Aug 25 |
| 1963 | May 23 | Sep 29 | May 22 | Sep 29 |
| 1962 | May 27 | Aug 29 | May 8 | Sep 3 |
| 1961 | May 19 | Sep 3 | May 1 | Sep 15 |
| 1960 | Jun 6 | Sep 10 | May 16 | Sep 11 |
| 1959 | May 22 | Aug 30 | May 15 | Sep 10 |
| 1958 | Jun 13 | Sep 16 | May 19 | Sep 16 |
| 1957 | Jun 1 | Sep 19 | May 26 | Sep 19 |
| 1956 | May 6 | Aug 19 | May 3 | Sep 4 |
| 1955 | May 26 | Aug 30 | Apr 26 | Sep 6 |
| 1954 | Jun 3 | Sep 7 | May 9 | Sep 21 |
| 1953 | May 18 | Sep 6 | May 18 | Sep 21 |
| 1952 | Jun 26 | Aug 11 | May 31 | Sep 20 |
| 1951 | no data | Sep 23 | no data | Sep 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.