Weather observation data sites grew from 7983 in the 2012 zone map to 13,412 in the most recent 2023 zone map which has allowed for greater detail and resolution in the plant hardiness zones. The ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), the first update since 2012. The new map shows that most of the country, including New York ...

The 2023 map is based on 30-year averages of the lowest annual winter temperatures at specific locations, is divided into 10-degree Fahrenheit zones and further divided into 5-degree Fahrenheit ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), the first update since 2012. The new map shows that most of the country, including New York ...

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 ...

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 ...

With spring on the horizon, many gardeners are preparing for prolonged, hearty growing seasons in their region. The United States has a diverse ecological footprint, so growing seasons differ slightly ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently released a new “plant hardiness zone map” that shows some areas of Western New York can now be considered a zone warmer, for ...

The map is based on 30-year averages of the coldest winter temperatures at specific locations, and divides the continental U.S. and Canada into 10 zones, which are further divided into half-zones.

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 ...