The new Plant Hardiness Zone Map reveals that about half of the country shifted to the next warmer half zone, when compared to the previous map, compiled in 2012. Contributed / USDA.

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 ...

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 ...

Compared to the 2012 map, the 2023 version shows that roughly half of the country shifted to the next warmer half zone, and the other half of U.S. remained in the same half zone.. According to the ...

So use the zone map as a baseline to assess plant hardiness, not as a bible. And one more thing (or two) We are now firmly in winter season, and thus far, December has proved to be slightly warmer ...

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 ...

About half of the country moved into a slightly warmer zone in the Agriculture Department’s new “plant hardiness” map, an important guide for gardeners. Climate change may be a factor.

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 ...

The new data is based on 1991-2020 GIS data collected from over 13,000 weather stations.Zones 12 and 13 were added in Puerto Rico and Hawaii and can help northern gardeners decide when to bring in ...