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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 ...

For the first time since 2012, the USDA, in conjunction with Oregon State University’s PRISM Climate group, has released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone map.

The previous data looked at the country’s coldest average winter temperatures from 1976 to 2005. The new 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map looks at data from 1991-2020.

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.

USDA updates its 2024 Plant Hardiness Map: Find out what planting zone you live in By Daniel Miller Published May 13, 2024 10:32am CDT Environment ...

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.

In November 2023, the USDA released the first update to its Plant Hardiness Zone map since 2012. The new map was jointly developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State ...

On the 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone map, Greater Columbus (and a good portion of the rest of Ohio) was in Zone 6a, where the average lowest temperature ranges from -10 to -5 degrees Fahrenheit.

Donald Wyman of the Arnold Arboretum published a new map using weather data of a 40-year period (1895–1935), and the Arboretum subsequently updated it in 1951, 1967, and 1971.