Last Frost Day

Frost history / Winifred, MT

Winifred, MT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00249033, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,243 ft, 47.560, -109.377. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 15
EarliestApr 24 (1978)Aug 24 (1992)
LatestJun 28 (1951)Oct 3 (2001)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.2 days later per decade
Years with data5758

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 and the median first fall date is Sep 21.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: Jun 281953: May 211954: May 311956: May 61957: May 101958: May 181959: May 291960: May 61962: May 51963: May 231965: May 211966: May 231967: May 131968: May 191969: Jun 131970: May 131971: May 201972: May 71973: May 151974: May 311975: May 261976: May 31977: May 301978: Apr 241979: Jun 81980: May 141981: May 141982: May 311983: May 311984: May 101985: May 171986: May 161987: May 201988: May 31989: May 291990: May 131991: May 61992: Jun 51993: Jun 21994: May 81995: May 241996: May 101997: May 191998: Jun 41999: May 162000: May 142001: May 42002: May 242003: May 202004: May 252005: May 302006: May 142008: Jun 112009: Jun 102010: May 312012: May 292013: May 4

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 121960197019801990200020101951: Sep 31952: Sep 151953: Sep 211955: Sep 111956: Sep 41957: Sep 181958: Sep 151959: Sep 31961: Sep 61962: Sep 31963: Sep 201964: Sep 121965: Sep 121966: Sep 301967: Sep 271968: Sep 211969: Aug 301970: Sep 121971: Sep 181972: Sep 211973: Sep 141974: Aug 311975: Sep 121976: Sep 91977: Sep 241978: Sep 201979: Sep 141980: Aug 301981: Sep 271982: Sep 151983: Sep 191984: Sep 131985: Sep 71986: Sep 71987: Sep 121988: Sep 81989: Sep 101990: Sep 131991: Sep 171992: Aug 241993: Sep 121994: Sep 161995: Sep 201996: Sep 241997: Sep 191998: Sep 221999: Sep 152000: Sep 222001: Oct 32002: Sep 222003: Sep 182004: Sep 222005: Sep 112007: Sep 142008: Sep 82009: Sep 282010: Sep 172011: 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
2013May 4no dataMay 4no data
2012May 29no dataApr 17no data
2011no dataSep 21no dataOct 14
2010May 31Sep 17May 9Oct 16
2009Jun 10Sep 28May 2Sep 28
2008Jun 11Sep 8May 3Sep 24
2007no dataSep 14no dataOct 4
2006May 14no dataMay 5no data
2005May 30Sep 11May 12Oct 6
2004May 25Sep 22May 14Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 18May 5Sep 18
2002May 24Sep 22May 23Sep 25
2001May 4Oct 3May 3Oct 5
2000May 14Sep 22May 8Sep 22
1999May 16Sep 15Apr 24Sep 20
1998Jun 4Sep 22May 10Oct 15
1997May 19Sep 19May 19Sep 19
1996May 10Sep 24May 9Sep 24
1995May 24Sep 20Apr 30Sep 20
1994May 8Sep 16Apr 29Oct 4
1993Jun 2Sep 12May 2Sep 21
1992Jun 5Aug 24May 16Sep 17
1991May 6Sep 17May 5Sep 17
1990May 13Sep 13May 11Sep 21
1989May 29Sep 10Apr 30Sep 10
1988May 3Sep 8May 3Sep 19
1987May 20Sep 12Apr 20Oct 6
1986May 16Sep 7Apr 29Oct 3
1985May 17Sep 7May 14Sep 28
1984May 10Sep 13May 5Sep 23
1983May 31Sep 19May 13Sep 19
1982May 31Sep 15May 31Sep 15
1981May 14Sep 27Apr 14Sep 27
1980May 14Aug 30May 12Sep 16
1979Jun 8Sep 14May 12Sep 14
1978Apr 24Sep 20Apr 14Sep 20
1977May 30Sep 24May 6Oct 4
1976May 3Sep 9May 3Sep 9
1975May 26Sep 12May 2Sep 20
1974May 31Aug 31Apr 28Sep 2
1973May 15Sep 14May 12Sep 16
1972May 7Sep 21May 2Sep 21
1971May 20Sep 18May 15Sep 18
1970May 13Sep 12May 13Sep 14
1969Jun 13Aug 30May 22Sep 15
1968May 19Sep 21May 19Oct 3
1967May 13Sep 27May 11Oct 10
1966May 23Sep 30May 12Oct 14
1965May 21Sep 12May 8Sep 18
1964no dataSep 12no dataOct 5
1963May 23Sep 20May 21Oct 26
1962May 5Sep 3May 5Sep 9
1961no dataSep 6no dataSep 13
1960May 6no dataMay 6no data
1959May 29Sep 3May 13Sep 29
1958May 18Sep 15May 14Sep 30
1957May 10Sep 18May 10Sep 18
1956May 6Sep 4May 6Sep 6
1955no dataSep 11no dataSep 23
1954May 31no dataMay 4no data
1953May 21Sep 21May 14Sep 21
1952no dataSep 15no dataOct 2
1951Jun 28Sep 3Jun 2Sep 15

"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.