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Montana · Geographic reference lookup

Your climate reference
near Blackfoot.

We connect a real Census place to the nearest agricultural NOAA station, then show the distance and the limitations. This is not a locally validated planting calendar.

CDP · Census 2026
Distant reference: extra caution is needed.

The nearest agricultural station is 29.6 km away. Its source facts remain visible for transparency, but should not be read as planting dates or a garden-climate estimate for Blackfoot.

A reference, not your back garden

18.4 miles SW
from the Census reference point.

The line connects Blackfoot’s published Census internal point to the weather station. It does not measure terrain, elevation differences or your garden’s microclimate.

29.6 km straight-line distance · Schematic, not a navigation map
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Census place point Weather station
The nearest reference

E Glacier

Seasonal freeze reference · USC00242629

Full station data
Proximity is not a climate-validation score. Place elevation is unavailable in this Census source, so we cannot verify the elevation difference. The nearest station is never silently replaced by a colder one to create a planting calendar.
Spring median · freezing cold seasonsJun 8
Fall median · freezing cold seasonsSep 5
Modeled annual freeze occurrence100%
Uncertainty, made visible

One date never tells
the whole season.

1991–2020 station normals
32°F minimum-temperature threshold

Last spring freeze

Among cold seasons with a freeze: probability of the last occurrence on this date or later.

10%Jul 1
30%Jun 17
50%Jun 8Median reference
70%Jun 1
90%May 24

The 10% date is later in spring than the median: a more cautious historical reference, still not a guarantee.

First fall freeze

Among cold seasons with a freeze: probability of the first occurrence on this date or earlier.

10%Aug 20
30%Aug 31
50%Sep 5Median reference
70%Sep 11
90%Sep 20

The 10% date is earlier in fall than the median: a more cautious harvest-planning reference.

These percentages are conditional on a cold season containing a 32°F freeze; they are not probabilities across all years. They describe historical climate, not this season’s forecast. The spring and fall probability directions are intentionally different. A garden can be warmer or colder than the reference station.

Check the wider picture

Nearby station comparisons

Differences can signal exposure, elevation, location or data-quality effects.

NOAA referenceDistanceConditional spring medianConditional fall medianStatus
E Glacier18.4 miJun 8Sep 5Seasonal freeze reference
Cut Bank MUNI AP22.8 miMay 24Sep 15Seasonal freeze reference
St Mary27.7 miJun 12Sep 5Seasonal freeze reference

Available alternative-station median spread: spring 19 days; fall 10 days. This is a comparison of source references, not a measure of garden uncertainty.

Date probabilities apply among cold seasons with a 32°F freeze, not all years. Check each station’s annual occurrence and quality before comparing.

Know the geography

A traceable place.

Official Census name
Blackfoot CDP
Census GEOID
3007300
Published internal point
48.5771, -112.8733
Land area
0.9 km²
Water area
0.0 km²

The published point is inside the Census geography. It is not your address and does not represent every neighborhood or elevation within the place.

Original Census Gazetteer
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