Right now
24°C / 76°F
Clear · wind 15 km/h · 51% RH
Soil (6 cm)
17°C / 62°F
Most seeds germinate
Hardiness zone
5b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -23°C
Frost window
May 3 – Oct 23
~173 frost-free days · first frost in ~45 days
Sun
06:18 – 19:09
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
25° / 11°
dry
Wed
Drizzle
27° / 13°
0.4 mm
Thu
Rain
29° / 16°
1.4 mm
Fri
Overcast
22° / 10°
dry
Sat
Overcast
24° / 7°
dry
Sun
Overcast
25° / 9°
dry
Mon
Overcast
27° / 13°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyConcord Garden Guide: Early September — Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer, Prepare for Frost. Concord-Area Fishing: Early Fall Transition. Fall Foraging in Concord: September Harvest.
Gardening
Concord Garden Guide: Early September — Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer, Prepare for Frost
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- Arugula (Eruca vesicana)
- Radish (Raphanus sativus)
- Turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)
Fishing
Concord-Area Fishing: Early Fall Transition
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass
- Chain Pickerel
- Yellow Perch
Foraging
Fall Foraging in Concord: September Harvest
In season now
- Wild grapes (Vitis spp.)
- Black walnuts (Juglans nigra)
- Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
- Wild mushrooms: Hen of the Woods (Maitake, Grifola frondosa)
Your ecological region
Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Lowlands
The mixed hardwood heartland of Ontario, Quebec, the Great Lakes states and northern New England. Four real seasons and rich soils.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 5b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -23°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Concord every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.