The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can determine which plants are most likely to survive the coldest ...

The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees warmer than the 2012 map, translating into about half of the country shifting to a warmer zone. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Read Today's Paper Friday, July 11 ...

The map is based on the 30-year average of the lowest annual winter temperatures for specific places. It is divided into 13 zones, each reflecting a 10-degree temperature range, and each zone is ...

To find out which zone includes your garden, search by ZIP code on the map at planthardiness.ars.usda.gov map.. The zone shift is the latest confirmation of the effects of climate change.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into 13 zones based on the average annual minimum winter temperature. In 2023, the USDA released an updated hardiness zone map in response ...

The 2012 map had me in Zone 8a (10 to 15 degrees) — while way back in 1990, I was in Zone 7b (5 to 10 degrees). Another example: Williamsburg, ZIP code 23185, has seen its zone change from 7a to ...

The new map, created by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University, is based on 30 years of data from 13,412 weather stations, almost twice as many as the old map.

The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which helps determine what plants are most likely to survive harsh temperatures, divides the country into 13 zones, each representing a band of 10 degrees ...

The USDA's new Plant Hardiness Zone Map pushes about half of the country, Harrisburg area included, into a half-zone warmer rating, meaning our odds are increasing of growing once-iffy more ...

The zones of Louisiana range from 8 to 10. In zone 9, average minimum winter temperatures range from 20 to 30 degrees, and in zone 10, the range is 30 to 40 degrees.