Right now
22°C / 71°F
Clear · wind 5 km/h · 60% RH
Soil (6 cm)
21°C / 69°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
5a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -27°C
Frost window
May 5 – Oct 30
~178 frost-free days · first frost in ~52 days
Sun
06:24 – 19:18
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Toronto
Tue
Drizzle
22° / 16°
1.9 mm
Wed
Rain
24° / 14°
28.5 mm
Thu
Overcast
21° / 13°
dry
Fri
Overcast
19° / 10°
dry
Sat
Overcast
22° / 11°
dry
Sun
Drizzle
24° / 14°
5.4 mm
Mon
Drizzle
22° / 14°
3.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyMontreal Gardening: September 8–14 — Harvest Fall Crops, Sow Winter Greens, Prepare for Frost. Fall Fishing Around Montreal: September Transition. Early Fall Foraging in Montreal: September Harvests.
Gardening
Montreal Gardening: September 8–14 — Harvest Fall Crops, Sow Winter Greens, Prepare for Frost
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea, e.g. 'Space' or 'Bloomsdale')
- Arugula (Eruca sativa)
- Mâche (Valerianella locusta, e.g. 'Verte de Cambrai')
- Radish (Raphanus sativus, e.g. 'Cherry Belle' or 'Icicle')
Fishing
Fall Fishing Around Montreal: September Transition
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass
- Walleye
- Northern Pike
Foraging
Early Fall Foraging in Montreal: September Harvests
In season now
- Wild grapes (Vitis riparia, V. labrusca)
- Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
- Wild apples (Malus sylvestris, feral cultivars)
- Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
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 5a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -27°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Montreal every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.