Last Frost Day

Frost history / Terry 21 Nnw, MT

Terry 21 Nnw, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00248169, 1962 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,142 ft, 47.070, -105.495. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 22Sep 15
EarliestApr 25 (1977)Aug 25 (1992)
LatestJun 30 (1995)Oct 26 (1963)
Trend2.6 days later per decade0.8 days earlier per decade
Years with data4647

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 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 1419701980199020001963: May 221964: May 121965: May 271966: May 181967: May 141968: May 261969: Jun 151970: May 151971: May 201972: May 71973: May 141974: May 231976: May 131977: Apr 251978: Apr 251979: Jun 81980: May 141981: May 111982: May 311983: Jun 51984: Jun 21985: Jun 121986: May 171987: May 211988: May 31989: May 61990: May 171991: May 71992: Jun 61993: May 251994: May 91995: Jun 301996: May 111997: May 291998: Jun 31999: Jun 102000: Jun 22001: May 242002: May 242003: May 202004: Jun 182005: May 302006: May 152007: May 262008: May 132009: Jun 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001962: Sep 41963: Oct 261964: Sep 61965: Sep 11967: Sep 271968: Sep 221969: Oct 41970: Sep 121971: Sep 151972: Sep 71973: Sep 151974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 91977: Oct 31978: Sep 191979: Sep 141980: Sep 161981: Sep 271982: Sep 151983: Sep 131984: Sep 141985: Sep 201986: Sep 71987: Oct 21988: Sep 191989: Sep 111990: Sep 221991: Sep 181992: Aug 251993: Sep 61994: Aug 311995: Sep 201996: Sep 221997: Sep 191998: Sep 221999: Sep 92000: Sep 222001: Oct 32002: Sep 212003: Sep 142004: Sep 212005: Sep 142006: Sep 172007: Sep 92008: Sep 32009: Sep 9

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
2009Jun 10Sep 9Jun 10Sep 28
2008May 13Sep 3May 3Sep 29
2007May 26Sep 9May 26Sep 14
2006May 15Sep 17May 11Sep 19
2005May 30Sep 14May 14Sep 28
2004Jun 18Sep 21Jun 18Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 14May 20Sep 19
2002May 24Sep 21May 24Sep 22
2001May 24Oct 3May 24Oct 4
2000Jun 2Sep 22Jun 2Sep 22
1999Jun 10Sep 9May 17Sep 14
1998Jun 3Sep 22Jun 3Oct 12
1997May 29Sep 19May 14Sep 19
1996May 11Sep 22May 10Sep 24
1995Jun 30Sep 20May 25Sep 21
1994May 9Aug 31May 7Aug 31
1993May 25Sep 6May 20Sep 13
1992Jun 6Aug 25Apr 22Aug 25
1991May 7Sep 18May 6Sep 18
1990May 17Sep 22May 10Sep 29
1989May 6Sep 11May 1Sep 11
1988May 3Sep 19May 3Oct 4
1987May 21Oct 2Apr 21Oct 7
1986May 17Sep 7May 17Oct 11
1985Jun 12Sep 20Apr 22Sep 23
1984Jun 2Sep 14May 26Sep 23
1983Jun 5Sep 13May 14Sep 20
1982May 31Sep 15Apr 30Sep 20
1981May 11Sep 27May 9Sep 27
1980May 14Sep 16May 11Sep 25
1979Jun 8Sep 14May 20Sep 14
1978Apr 25Sep 19Apr 20Oct 6
1977Apr 25Oct 3Apr 24Oct 5
1976May 13Sep 9May 7Sep 27
1975no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
1974May 23Sep 2May 14Sep 2
1973May 14Sep 15Apr 26Sep 17
1972May 7Sep 7May 3Sep 21
1971May 20Sep 15Apr 28Sep 18
1970May 15Sep 12May 1Sep 12
1969Jun 15Oct 4Apr 27Oct 7
1968May 26Sep 22May 20Oct 3
1967May 14Sep 27May 12Sep 27
1966May 18no dataMay 1no data
1965May 27Sep 1May 26Sep 1
1964May 12Sep 6Apr 22Sep 26
1963May 22Oct 26May 21Oct 26
1962no dataSep 4no dataOct 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.