Right now
24°C / 74°F
Partly cloudy · wind 6 km/h · 69% RH
Soil (6 cm)
19°C / 66°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
5b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -25°C
Frost window
Apr 26 – Nov 1
~189 frost-free days · first frost in ~54 days
Sun
06:36 – 19:29
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Toronto
Tue
Overcast
24° / 12°
dry
Wed
Rain
22° / 16°
9.7 mm
Thu
Overcast
24° / 13°
dry
Fri
Overcast
20° / 7°
dry
Sat
Overcast
22° / 11°
dry
Sun
Showers
25° / 17°
8.1 mm
Mon
Drizzle
23° / 13°
4.8 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyKingston Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest Window. Kingston Fishing: Early Fall on Lake Ontario and the Cataraqui. Early Fall Foraging in Kingston: September Harvest.
Gardening
Kingston Gardening: Early Fall Planting & Harvest Window
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale, Space or Tyee)
- Arugula (Roquette)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, French Breakfast)
- Mâche (Corn Salad)
Fishing
Kingston Fishing: Early Fall on Lake Ontario and the Cataraqui
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass
- Walleye
- Lake Trout
Foraging
Early Fall Foraging in Kingston: September Harvest
In season now
- Wild Black Walnut
- Wild Grapes (Vitis riparia, V. labrusca)
- Wild Mushrooms: Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
- Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
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 -25°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Kingston every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.