Right now
31°C / 88°F
Clear · wind 9 km/h · 41% RH
Soil (6 cm)
26°C / 79°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
9a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -6°C
Frost window
Mar 15 – Nov 19
~249 frost-free days · first frost in ~72 days
Sun
07:02 – 19:40
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
31° / 20°
dry
Wed
Overcast
34° / 20°
dry
Thu
Drizzle
33° / 22°
0.1 mm
Fri
Showers
37° / 24°
3.5 mm
Sat
Showers
34° / 23°
11.8 mm
Sun
Showers
31° / 22°
18.5 mm
Mon
Drizzle
34° / 23°
1.5 mm
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 9a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -6°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Columbia every week
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