Montana · Geographic reference lookup

Your climate reference
near Pony.

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 27.5 km away. Its source facts remain visible for transparency, but should not be read as planting dates or a garden-climate estimate for Pony.

Nearby stations disagree materially on freeze timing.

Inspect the alternatives and their source quality before choosing a historical reference. Proximity alone does not settle the difference.

A reference, not your back garden

17.1 miles SE
from the Census reference point.

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

27.5 km straight-line distance · Schematic, not a navigation map

Census place point Weather station

The nearest reference

Norris Madison Pwr House

Seasonal freeze reference · USC00246157

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 seasonsApr 30

Fall median · freezing cold seasonsOct 10

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%May 14

30%May 6

50%Apr 30Median reference

70%Apr 25

90%Apr 15

The 10% date is later in spring than the median: a more cautious historical reference, still not a guarantee.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%Sep 27

30%Oct 4

50%Oct 10Median reference

70%Oct 18

90%Oct 27

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 reference	Distance	Conditional spring median	Conditional fall median	Status
Norris Madison Pwr House	17.1 mi	Apr 30	Oct 10	Seasonal freeze reference
Twin Bridges	22.9 mi	Jun 8	Sep 2	Seasonal freeze reference
Laurin 2ne	22.9 mi	May 24	Sep 22	Seasonal freeze reference

Available alternative-station median spread: spring 39 days; fall 38 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: Pony CDP
Census GEOID: 3058900
Published internal point: 45.6628, -111.8826
Land area: 3.5 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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