Right now
22°C / 71°F
Clear · wind 17 km/h · 53% RH
Soil (6 cm)
17°C / 63°F
Most seeds germinate
Hardiness zone
8b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -7°C
Frost window
Apr 1 – Nov 5
~218 frost-free days · first frost in ~58 days
Sun
06:42 – 19:43
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Vancouver
Tue
Overcast
22° / 14°
dry
Wed
Overcast
24° / 14°
dry
Thu
Overcast
21° / 13°
dry
Fri
Overcast
18° / 11°
dry
Sat
Overcast
25° / 12°
dry
Sun
Overcast
19° / 11°
dry
Mon
Overcast
20° / 11°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyNanaimo Garden Guide: Early September – Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty. Nanaimo Fishing: Early Fall on the Strait. Foraging in Nanaimo: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Nanaimo Garden Guide: Early September – Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
- Arugula (Eruca vesicana)
- Radish (Raphanus sativus)
- Mâche (Valerianella locusta)
Fishing
Nanaimo Fishing: Early Fall on the Strait
What's biting
- Coho Salmon
- Cutthroat Trout
- Largemouth Bass
- Lingcod
Foraging
Foraging in Nanaimo: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Blackcap Raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)
- Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
- Pacific Crabapple (Malus fusca)
- Stinging Nettle seeds (Urtica dioica)
Your ecological region
Pacific Maritime
Temperate rainforest from Alaska to Oregon: mild wet winters, dry summers and the richest mushroom country on the continent.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 8b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -7°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Nanaimo every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.