Frost history / Troy, MT
Troy, MT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00248390, 1961 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,929 ft, 48.481, -115.906. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 21 | Sep 19 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (2016) | Aug 24 (1964) |
| Latest | Jul 19 (1965) | Oct 25 (1997) |
| Trend | 4.9 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 44 | 46 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Oct 3 |
| 2021 | May 18 | Sep 16 | May 18 | Oct 6 |
| 2020 | May 4 | Sep 7 | May 4 | Sep 7 |
| 2019 | May 1 | Sep 30 | Apr 29 | Oct 1 |
| 2018 | Apr 25 | Sep 19 | Apr 1 | Oct 10 |
| 2016 | Apr 16 | Sep 12 | Mar 29 | Dec 4 |
| 2015 | no data | Sep 22 | no data | Sep 27 |
| 2014 | May 12 | Sep 10 | Apr 18 | Sep 11 |
| 2013 | May 15 | Oct 2 | May 2 | Oct 28 |
| 2012 | May 11 | Sep 11 | May 10 | Oct 3 |
| 2009 | Jun 9 | Sep 21 | May 2 | Sep 28 |
| 2008 | May 10 | Sep 8 | May 2 | Oct 9 |
| 2007 | Jun 16 | Sep 9 | May 6 | Oct 26 |
| 2006 | May 14 | Sep 1 | May 13 | Oct 1 |
| 2005 | May 24 | Sep 21 | Apr 30 | Sep 25 |
| 2004 | May 24 | Sep 20 | May 14 | Oct 26 |
| 2003 | May 19 | Sep 30 | May 16 | Oct 14 |
| 2002 | May 14 | Sep 21 | May 10 | Sep 21 |
| 2001 | May 30 | no data | May 7 | no data |
| 2000 | Jun 1 | Sep 22 | May 8 | Sep 22 |
| 1999 | Jun 14 | Sep 1 | May 11 | Sep 27 |
| 1997 | no data | Oct 25 | no data | Oct 25 |
| 1995 | May 24 | Sep 21 | Apr 17 | Sep 21 |
| 1994 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 1993 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1992 | no data | Sep 18 | no data | Oct 14 |
| 1991 | May 4 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
| 1990 | May 9 | Oct 7 | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| 1989 | Jun 19 | Sep 9 | Apr 29 | Oct 3 |
| 1988 | May 2 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 1987 | May 22 | Sep 17 | Apr 26 | Sep 18 |
| 1986 | May 23 | Sep 12 | May 6 | Oct 11 |
| 1985 | Jun 25 | Sep 22 | Jun 25 | Sep 22 |
| 1984 | May 25 | Sep 24 | May 4 | Sep 24 |
| 1983 | May 19 | Sep 6 | May 13 | Sep 19 |
| 1982 | May 31 | Sep 15 | May 11 | Sep 15 |
| 1981 | May 13 | Sep 24 | Apr 25 | Oct 12 |
| 1980 | Jun 4 | Aug 30 | Apr 13 | Oct 10 |
| 1973 | Jun 11 | no data | Jun 11 | no data |
| 1972 | May 4 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1971 | May 22 | Sep 14 | May 15 | Sep 14 |
| 1970 | May 18 | Sep 10 | May 12 | Sep 12 |
| 1969 | Jun 13 | Sep 6 | May 4 | Sep 15 |
| 1968 | May 15 | Oct 2 | May 12 | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | May 26 | Sep 23 | May 26 | Oct 24 |
| 1966 | no data | Sep 30 | no data | Oct 9 |
| 1965 | Jul 19 | Sep 7 | May 18 | Sep 16 |
| 1964 | Jun 29 | Aug 24 | May 26 | Sep 11 |
| 1963 | May 20 | Oct 19 | May 4 | Oct 19 |
| 1962 | Jul 18 | Sep 3 | Jul 18 | Sep 3 |
| 1961 | May 12 | Sep 12 | Apr 24 | Sep 13 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.