Right now
29°C / 85°F
Clear · wind 6 km/h · 36% RH
Soil (6 cm)
23°C / 74°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
8b
est. from 10-yr extreme low -9°C
Frost window
Mar 26 – Nov 15
~234 frost-free days · first frost in ~68 days
Sun
06:52 – 19:32
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Partly cloudy
29° / 15°
dry
Wed
Overcast
32° / 16°
dry
Thu
Overcast
36° / 21°
dry
Fri
Drizzle
35° / 24°
0.4 mm
Sat
Thunderstorms
30° / 21°
19.8 mm
Sun
Showers
27° / 22°
15.1 mm
Mon
Drizzle
32° / 22°
0.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyRaleigh Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (September 8–14). Fall Fishing in Raleigh: Early September Largemouth, Catfish & Crappie. Fall Foraging in Raleigh: September.
Gardening
Raleigh Garden Guide: Early Fall Planting & Harvest (September 8–14)
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale, Space or Tyee)
- Lettuce (Buttercrunch, Jericho, Red Sails)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, French Breakfast)
- Kale (Lacinato, Winterbor, Curly Scotch)
Fishing
Fall Fishing in Raleigh: Early September Largemouth, Catfish & Crappie
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Channel Catfish
- Crappie (Black & White)
- Bluegill & Redear Sunfish
Foraging
Fall Foraging in Raleigh: September
In season now
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Your ecological region
Appalachian Highlands
The oldest mountains on the continent and the most diverse temperate forest: coves, ridges and cold headwater streams.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 8b
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -9°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Raleigh every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.