The updated map still consists of 13 zones, but now offers more detailed information on temperature ranges within each zone, including 10-degree zones and 5-degree half zones.

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 ...

Step-by-step guide to finding your gardening zone. Visit the USDA plant hardiness zone map: This map is the most widely used resource for determining gardening zones in the United States.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive. ABC7 is kicking off an ongoing series, "Climate Ready".

Zone 9 and 10. These hardiness zones have average minimum winter temperatures between 20 degrees Fahrenheit and 40 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning many of the native plants are heat-loving and perfect ...

If it seems spring is arriving earlier while the first frost is later these past few years, it’s not your imagination. Around the country, the seasons have been lengthening - including in Pennsylvania ...

In 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM) for the first time in 10 years. The new Map draws on more than 30 years of data, utilizing … Log ...

Lancaster County communities moved into warmer zones from the 2012 map to the 2023 map. For example, Lancaster moved from 6b to 7a. In 7a, the average low temperature over 30 years was 0 to 5 degrees.

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.

A stock photo shows a woman gardening. Certain plants are losing hardiness due to climate change. Dejan_Dundjerski/Getty "Most of the hardiness zones across the U.S. experienced a half-zone shift ...

Glen Bupp: I deal mostly with western Pennsylvania, and so when you type in zip codes for western Pennsylvania, it shows you what your USDA growing zone is. It also will show you what the changes are ...