Right now
29°C / 84°F
Partly cloudy · wind 11 km/h · 64% RH
Soil (6 cm)
24°C / 75°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
6b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -19°C
Frost window
Apr 27 – Oct 30
~186 frost-free days · first frost in ~52 days
Sun
07:06 – 19:52
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
30° / 17°
dry
Wed
Overcast
33° / 20°
dry
Thu
Thunderstorms
25° / 20°
18.3 mm
Fri
Overcast
26° / 17°
dry
Sat
Overcast
26° / 17°
dry
Sun
Overcast
29° / 19°
dry
Mon
Overcast
30° / 20°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyColumbus Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Week of Sept 8). Fishing Columbus Area: Early Fall Transition. Early Fall Foraging in Central Ohio.
Gardening
Columbus Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (Week of Sept 8)
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale, Space or Tyee)
- Arugula (Roquette, any variety)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, Watermelon)
- Kale (Lacinato, Winterbor, Curly Scotch)
Fishing
Fishing Columbus Area: Early Fall Transition
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Channel Catfish
- Smallmouth Bass
- Bluegill & Sunfish
Foraging
Early Fall Foraging in Central Ohio
In season now
- Black Walnut
- Pawpaw
- Autumn Olive
- Wild Grapes (Vitis species)
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 6b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -19°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Columbus every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.