INDIANA, USA — Indiana is now mostly a Zone 6 state (both a and b) according to the United States Department of Agriculture's latest plant hardiness zone map. It was updated in November 2023, so this ...

INDIANA, USA — New Plant Hardiness Zone maps updated by the US Department of Agriculture released this week show a drastically reduced Zone 5 throughout Indiana, while Zone 7 makes an appearance in ...

Winters with colder or warmer temperatures have and will continue to occur. Find the USDA Hardiness Zone Map at https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/. See below USDA Hardiness Zones for Indiana.

The short and sweet answer is: Yes, the hardiness zones are shifting due to climate change and Indiana has already experienced a shift. The USDA describes its zoned map as "the standard by which ...

The plant hardiness map is divided into a total of 13 zones, each zone representing a 10-degrees-Fahrenheit range of temperatures.Each zone is further divided into two half zones, with each of ...

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a revised version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is what ... Changes in Indiana were similar to Ohio. Kentucky was almost all ...

AUBURN UNIVERSITY—For the first time in more than a decade, the United States Department of Agriculture released new hardiness zone maps. These new changes bring a new level of climate accuracy ...

Daly also cautioned about using the 2023 map and its warmer zones as eividence of climate change. Climate change is real, he said. The world is warming up. But using the hardiness zone map as an ...

The map is based on the 30-year average of the lowest annual winter temperatures for specific places. It is divided into 13 zones, each reflecting a 10-degree temperature range, and each zone is ...

For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The map, released Nov. 15, 2023, is a tool used by gardeners and growers ...

In the news recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its plant hardiness zone map for the first time in more than a decade. As always, this is a hot topic in horticultural circles.