Right now
27°C / 81°F
Overcast · wind 16 km/h · 69% RH
Soil (6 cm)
23°C / 73°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
4b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -31°C
Frost window
May 5 – Oct 17
~165 frost-free days · first frost in ~39 days
Sun
06:43 – 19:37
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Chicago
Tue
Showers
29° / 19°
17.7 mm
Wed
Overcast
26° / 15°
dry
Thu
Clear
29° / 14°
dry
Fri
Drizzle
35° / 20°
0.6 mm
Sat
Overcast
26° / 17°
dry
Sun
Overcast
21° / 16°
dry
Mon
Showers
20° / 13°
9.8 mm
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
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 4b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -31°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Minneapolis every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.