A complex model Daly helps the USDA generate the widely used plant hardiness map using a system known as the Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM). This knowledge-based ...

The USDA has updated the geographic zones that help gardeners select plants that are suitable for their regions. Learn why the map changed—and whether your area was affected.

Hardiness Zones 101 The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map consists of 13 individual zones that take in all of the contiguous United States, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The first zone lies at ...

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest), the USDA notes.

Colorado gardeners eyeing warmer USDA growing zones should be careful, experts say The map was updated for the first time since 2012, but don’t load up on heat-loving perennials just yet ...

Plant hardiness zones are based on 30-year averages of weather extremes (coldest temperatures). Climate changes are based on overall annual average temperatures over 50-100 years. Source: USDA New ...

As of the most recent release, the November 2023 map has the US broken into 13 cold hardiness zones in 10-degree Fahrenheit intervals, with each zone further broken into “a” (the warmer half ...

The information in the new map, called “a very, very important agricultural tool” by Simon Liu, the administrator of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, was based on data from more ...

Recently, the USDA updated its plant hardiness map for the first time in 11 years. If you're a gardener — and everybody can be a gardener, even on a balcony or a stoop — this is a big deal!

The 2023 map uses data measured at 13,412 weather stations from 1991 to 2020. In comparison, the 2012 map used data from 7,983 weather stations. Plant zones across US and Florida As with the 2012 ...

The map was updated for the first time in a decade, and it shows the impact that climate change will have on gardens and yards across the country. USDA via AP / AP 00:00 / 19:21 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map — the first revision since 2012. It shows that Massachusetts is getting warmer, leading to more options for ...