In fact, there are more than 13,000 weather stations around Missouri that provided the data needed to create the updated map. As more data is made available, a more accurate representation of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's June hardiness zone map shows that Boone County was in Zone 6b, a shift from its 6a designation in 2012 and its 5b status before that.

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 map of the US is divided into zones, separated by ten degrees. It starts with 1a (Alaska) and goes all the way up to 13b (Puerto Rico), and the mainland U.S. tends to live between zones 5 and 10.

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. The new Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

The new USDA map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature and is divided into 10-degree Fahrenheit zones. In the works for several years, it replaces a 22-year-old version that ...

Overall, the 2023 map is generally about one quarter-zone warmer than reported in the 2012 map throughout much of the United States, as a result of a more recent averaging period (1976-2005 vs ...

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 plant hardiness map contains 13 zones, representing 10-degree-F ranges. Each zone is further subdivided into two half zones, a and b, representing 5-degree ranges. Zone 1 starts in Alaska, and ...