The updated map still consists of 13 zones, but now offers more detailed information on temperature ranges within each zone, including 10-degree zones and 5-degree half zones.

Which is why I think it’s past time for a Gardener Hardiness Zone Map. One that doesn’t make gardeners feel like they’ll need the Federal Emergency Management Act to intervene every year ...

Plant hardiness zone map an important, but not tell-all tool for gardeners The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a ...

The plant hardiness map is divided into a total of 13 zones, each zone representing a 10-degrees-Fahrenheit range of temperatures.Each zone is further divided into two half zones, with each of ...

Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. For ...

The plant hardiness map contains 13 zones, representing 10-degree-F ranges. Each zone is further subdivided into two half zones, a and b, representing 5-degree ranges. Zone 1 starts in Alaska, and ...

Hardiness zones represent the average annual extreme minimum temperature during a 30-year period. In zone 5a, the lowest temperature on average was between minus 15 and minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

With the recent development of an enhanced Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided farmers and gardeners a more accurate guide to planting in ...

The new USDA plant hardiness zone map moves all of Chicago and most of central Illinois into the warmer Zone 6, but gardeners are still wise to be cautious because the weather continues to be ...