Last Frost Day

Frost history / Rogers Pass 9 Nne, MT

Rogers Pass 9 Nne, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00247159, 1965 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,200 ft, 47.190, -112.290. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 28Sep 13
EarliestMay 2 (1988)Aug 16 (2002)
LatestJul 19 (1972)Oct 9 (1979)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade1.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data4445

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 10 and the median first fall date is Sep 23.

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 291970198019902000201020201965: May 191966: Jun 31967: Jun 231968: May 201969: Jun 141970: May 141971: Jun 11972: Jul 191973: May 291974: Jun 71975: May 211976: May 281977: May 241978: May 81979: Jun 71981: May 51982: Jun 11983: May 311984: Jun 21988: May 21998: Jun 91999: May 302000: Jun 22001: May 212002: May 232003: Jun 62004: May 232005: May 292006: May 132007: May 252008: Jun 102009: Jun 82010: Jun 122011: May 302012: May 282013: Jun 42014: May 132015: May 202016: May 102017: May 182018: May 132019: May 62020: May 122021: May 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201965: Sep 41966: Sep 301967: Sep 151968: Sep 201969: Sep 211970: Sep 101971: Sep 151972: Sep 81973: Sep 131974: Sep 111975: Sep 191976: Sep 81977: Sep 251978: Sep 181979: Oct 91980: Sep 251981: Sep 241982: Sep 131983: Sep 181985: Sep 51986: Sep 121988: Sep 111997: Sep 191998: Sep 212000: Sep 222001: Sep 82002: Aug 162003: Sep 162004: Sep 192005: Sep 122006: Aug 312007: Sep 122008: Aug 312009: Sep 272010: Sep 22011: Sep 32013: Sep 262014: Sep 92015: Aug 222016: Sep 122017: Sep 152018: Sep 42019: Sep 272020: Sep 72021: Sep 16

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
2021May 23Sep 16May 21Sep 16
2020May 12Sep 7May 8Sep 7
2019May 6Sep 27Apr 30Sep 27
2018May 13Sep 4Apr 25Sep 13
2017May 18Sep 15May 15Sep 23
2016May 10Sep 12Apr 18Sep 12
2015May 20Aug 22May 10Sep 28
2014May 13Sep 9May 11Oct 2
2013Jun 4Sep 26Apr 30Oct 3
2012May 28no dataMay 19no data
2011May 30Sep 3Apr 29Sep 19
2010Jun 12Sep 2May 13Oct 16
2009Jun 8Sep 27May 16Sep 28
2008Jun 10Aug 31May 9Oct 9
2007May 25Sep 12May 14Sep 13
2006May 13Aug 31May 9Aug 31
2005May 29Sep 12May 2Oct 22
2004May 23Sep 19May 13Sep 30
2003Jun 6Sep 16May 17Sep 29
2002May 23Aug 16May 23Sep 22
2001May 21Sep 8Apr 22Oct 4
2000Jun 2Sep 22Jun 1Sep 22
1999May 30no dataMay 11no data
1998Jun 9Sep 21Apr 21Sep 21
1997no dataSep 19no dataSep 19
1988May 2Sep 11Apr 26Oct 6
1986no dataSep 12no dataOct 5
1985no dataSep 5no dataSep 23
1984Jun 2no dataMay 5no data
1983May 31Sep 18May 13Sep 19
1982Jun 1Sep 13May 31Oct 18
1981May 5Sep 24May 5Oct 12
1980no dataSep 25no dataOct 11
1979Jun 7Oct 9May 10Oct 9
1978May 8Sep 18May 8Sep 18
1977May 24Sep 25May 17Oct 4
1976May 28Sep 8May 3Sep 8
1975May 21Sep 19May 11Oct 22
1974Jun 7Sep 11Jun 1Sep 11
1973May 29Sep 13May 1Sep 14
1972Jul 19Sep 8May 3Sep 24
1971Jun 1Sep 15May 21Sep 15
1970May 14Sep 10May 1Sep 11
1969Jun 14Sep 21Jun 14Sep 22
1968May 20Sep 20May 16Sep 20
1967Jun 23Sep 15May 12Sep 15
1966Jun 3Sep 30May 12Oct 3
1965May 19Sep 4Apr 18Sep 14

"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.