Last Frost Day

Frost history / Roy 8 Ne, MT

Roy 8 Ne, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00247228, 1951 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,085 ft, 47.487, -108.837. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 18
EarliestApr 24 (1978)Aug 25 (1992)
LatestJun 25 (1958)Oct 26 (1963)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5454

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 3 and the median first fall date is Sep 26.

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 14196019701980199020001951: Jun 31952: May 281953: May 211954: May 311955: May 71956: May 61957: May 101958: Jun 251959: May 201960: May 161961: May 171962: May 51963: May 221964: Apr 291965: May 181966: May 191967: May 131968: May 201969: Jun 141970: May 131971: May 181972: May 71973: May 211974: May 211975: May 21976: May 31977: May 301978: Apr 241979: Jun 11980: May 151981: May 141982: May 311983: May 141984: May 81985: May 61986: May 161987: May 221988: May 41989: May 301990: May 171991: May 71992: May 251993: May 31994: May 41995: May 251996: May 111997: May 201998: Jun 61999: May 132000: May 132001: May 72002: May 232003: May 202004: May 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 151952: Oct 51953: Sep 211954: Sep 281955: Sep 111956: Sep 41957: Sep 181958: Sep 251959: Sep 21960: Sep 81961: Sep 111962: Sep 41963: Oct 261964: Sep 111965: Sep 131966: Oct 101967: Oct 71968: Sep 221969: Sep 151970: Sep 121971: Sep 181972: Sep 211973: Sep 141974: Sep 21975: Sep 201976: Sep 91977: Sep 241978: Sep 171979: Oct 91980: Sep 161981: Sep 271982: Sep 171983: Sep 191984: Sep 131985: Sep 231986: Sep 71987: Sep 181988: Sep 81989: Sep 111990: Sep 221991: Sep 181992: Aug 251993: Sep 131994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 241997: Sep 201998: Oct 121999: Sep 142000: Sep 212001: Oct 42002: Sep 222003: Sep 182004: Sep 21

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
2004May 25Sep 21May 13Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 18May 5Sep 18
2002May 23Sep 22May 23Sep 22
2001May 7Oct 4May 3Oct 5
2000May 13Sep 21May 13Sep 22
1999May 13Sep 14Apr 25Oct 3
1998Jun 6Oct 12May 8Oct 12
1997May 20Sep 20May 19Sep 20
1996May 11Sep 24May 9Sep 24
1995May 25Sep 21May 1Sep 21
1994May 4Sep 22May 1Oct 3
1993May 3Sep 13Apr 25Sep 14
1992May 25Aug 25May 25Sep 18
1991May 7Sep 18May 5Sep 18
1990May 17Sep 22Apr 30Sep 22
1989May 30Sep 11May 29Sep 11
1988May 4Sep 8May 4Oct 4
1987May 22Sep 18Apr 20Oct 5
1986May 16Sep 7Apr 27Oct 11
1985May 6Sep 23Apr 26Sep 28
1984May 8Sep 13May 8Sep 23
1983May 14Sep 19May 14Sep 20
1982May 31Sep 17May 4Oct 6
1981May 14Sep 27Apr 14Sep 27
1980May 15Sep 16Apr 13Sep 25
1979Jun 1Oct 9May 10Oct 9
1978Apr 24Sep 17Apr 20Oct 3
1977May 30Sep 24May 6Oct 4
1976May 3Sep 9May 2Sep 27
1975May 2Sep 20Apr 21Sep 20
1974May 21Sep 2May 3Sep 13
1973May 21Sep 14May 10Oct 10
1972May 7Sep 21May 2Sep 24
1971May 18Sep 18May 15Sep 18
1970May 13Sep 12Apr 29Sep 12
1969Jun 14Sep 15May 21Oct 7
1968May 20Sep 22May 19Oct 3
1967May 13Oct 7May 11Oct 7
1966May 19Oct 10May 13Oct 10
1965May 18Sep 13Apr 17Sep 18
1964Apr 29Sep 11Apr 20Sep 27
1963May 22Oct 26May 21Oct 27
1962May 5Sep 4Apr 29Sep 9
1961May 17Sep 11Apr 27Sep 22
1960May 16Sep 8Apr 30Sep 22
1959May 20Sep 2May 14Sep 9
1958Jun 25Sep 25Apr 28Sep 27
1957May 10Sep 18Apr 28Sep 19
1956May 6Sep 4May 3Sep 4
1955May 7Sep 11Apr 16Sep 23
1954May 31Sep 28May 3Oct 1
1953May 21Sep 21May 14Oct 23
1952May 28Oct 5Apr 22Oct 5
1951Jun 3Sep 15Apr 25Sep 27

"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.