Right now
30°C / 85°F
Clear · wind 6 km/h · 33% RH
Soil (6 cm)
24°C / 75°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
8b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -9°C
Frost window
Mar 28 – Nov 12
~229 frost-free days · first frost in ~65 days
Sun
07:01 – 19:40
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Partly cloudy
30° / 18°
dry
Wed
Overcast
33° / 18°
dry
Thu
Overcast
35° / 21°
dry
Fri
Drizzle
36° / 23°
0.1 mm
Sat
Thunderstorms
32° / 21°
53.9 mm
Sun
Drizzle
28° / 21°
0.8 mm
Mon
Overcast
33° / 22°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyCharlotte Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Sept 8–14). Charlotte-Area Fishing: Early Fall Transition. Foraging in Charlotte: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Charlotte Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Sept 8–14)
Sow & harvest now
- Lettuce & Salad Greens
- Spinach
- Radishes
- Kale
Fishing
Charlotte-Area Fishing: Early Fall Transition
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Catfish (Channel & Flathead)
- Crappie (Black & White)
- Bluegill & Sunfish
Foraging
Foraging in Charlotte: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Persimmon, American (Diospyros virginiana)
- Grape, wild (Vitis species)
- Elderberry, American (Sambucus canadensis)
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 8b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -9°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Charlotte every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.