Click the downloadable graphic: Shifting Planting Zones Map Planting zones ... on 242 due to insufficient data over the first 30-year period (less than 50% of years from 1951-1980) in Dothan ...

A newly updated government map ... over the past 30 years", Daly says, and it's a highly variable figure. Sponsor Message In an email, a press officer for the USDA says, "Changes to plant ...

To understand why, look to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent update of its plant hardiness zone map ... zones – 15 degrees F (8.3 C) – over the same 30-year window. This warming ...

The U.S. is divided into 13 plant hardiness zones based on the local coldest temperature of the year, averaged over 30-year periods ... warm and a location's planting zone increases (e.g ...

This is not the first version of the map to show planting zones shifting ... reflects longer and larger changes. “If you talk about this in increments of a hundred years, based on what we ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

To understand why, look to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent update of its plant hardiness zone map ... zones – 15 degrees F (8.3 C) – over the same 30-year window. This warming ...

Although these changes ... hardiness zone map shows the average lowest temperature that a region has experienced over the past 30 years. The map splits the U.S. into several "zones," from places ...

INDIANA, USA — Indiana is now mostly a Zone 6 state (both a and b) according to the United States Department of Agriculture's latest plant hardiness zone map. It was updated in November 2023, so this ...

no notable changes occurred in the Chicago area, though small parts of some regions were moved into different zones. A major shift did occur in central Illinois, however. Under the 2012 map ...

Even if you aren't familiar with hardiness zones ... before planting anything new in your garden. The first step in understanding your area is to look at the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and ...