Right now
29°C / 85°F
Clear · wind 11 km/h · 38% RH
Soil (6 cm)
23°C / 73°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
8a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -12°C
Frost window
Apr 17 – Nov 5
~202 frost-free days · first frost in ~58 days
Sun
06:56 – 19:37
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
9% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
30° / 15°
dry
Wed
Overcast
34° / 18°
dry
Thu
Overcast
36° / 22°
dry
Fri
Drizzle
30° / 20°
4 mm
Sat
Showers
20° / 19°
3.5 mm
Sun
Drizzle
27° / 20°
3.3 mm
Mon
Overcast
31° / 19°
dry
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
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 8a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -12°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Roanoke every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.