Fall · September 8, 2026

Baltimore, Maryland

Northeast Atlantic Coast & Piedmont·Hardiness zone 8a

Right now

29°C / 85°F

Overcast · wind 11 km/h · 49% RH

Soil (6 cm)

22°C / 72°F

Warm-season seeds go

Hardiness zone

8a

est. from 10-yr extreme low -12°C

Frost window

Apr 12 – Nov 9

~211 frost-free days · first frost in ~62 days

Sun

06:41 – 19:26

sunrise – sunset today

Moon

Waning Crescent

10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26

7-day forecast

America/New_York

Tue

Overcast

30° / 16°

dry

Wed

Overcast

33° / 19°

dry

Thu

Showers

30° / 22°

5.35 mm

Fri

Showers

26° / 19°

6.4 mm

Sat

Drizzle

27° / 17°

0.5 mm

Sun

Drizzle

23° / 20°

5.3 mm

Mon

Drizzle

29° / 21°

2.4 mm

Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…

Your ecological region

Northeast Atlantic Coast & Piedmont

The urban Atlantic seaboard from Boston to Richmond: oak-hickory forests, estuaries and a long, humid growing season.

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Your hardiness zone

Zone 8a

Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -12°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.

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