Right now
31°C / 88°F
Partly cloudy · wind 7 km/h · 40% RH
Soil (6 cm)
23°C / 73°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
7a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -16°C
Frost window
Apr 18 – Nov 5
~201 frost-free days · first frost in ~58 days
Sun
07:02 – 19:45
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Fog
32° / 18°
dry
Wed
Overcast
34° / 21°
dry
Thu
Showers
31° / 21°
12.53 mm
Fri
Drizzle
29° / 19°
0.2 mm
Sat
Drizzle
24° / 18°
4.5 mm
Sun
Drizzle
29° / 19°
3 mm
Mon
Overcast
32° / 20°
dry
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Your ecological region
Appalachian Highlands
The oldest mountains on the continent and the most diverse temperate forest: coves, ridges and cold headwater streams.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 7a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -16°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
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