The New USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map available online | RecordCourier.com <meta name="description" content="Perhaps only avid gardeners will find the idea of an updated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) climate map spine-tingling. The last map was upda (read more) <meta name="keywords" content="The New USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map online Perhaps avid gardeners find idea updated S Department Agriculture USDA climate map spine tingling The map updated 1990 The based average annual extreme minimum temperatures 1976 2005 They based lowest temperature occurred Researchers divided map 10 degree zones This time map interactive GIS based map high speed Internet connection static images slower Internet access You simply type ZIP code find hardiness zone The USDA printing posters time download maps state region nation Okay admit excited typed ZIP code 8211 89704 popped Zone 7a degrees My balloon burst hoping zone reflects experience lows Washoe Valley 20 times 23 years If plant trees tolerate degree minimums lose trees 10 years remember map based average minimum temperatures Warm temperatures year skew average checked Carson City 89701 89703 Douglas County 89410 89423 ZIP codes Zone 6b degrees surprised find Carson City listed colder house Carson City ZIP code 89706 zoned 7a Washoe Valley warmer 89701 Following weather observations house zone breakdown buy plants zones 4b 25 20 degrees possibly 5a 20 15 degrees The map failsafe hoped However map justice authors state 8220 microclimates small show map 8221 My property unidentifiable microclimates This map good tool remember plant hardiness zones guides factors temperature contribute plant hardiness including light soil moisture duration exposure cold humidity The map online http planthardiness ars usda gov PHZMWeb JoAnne Skelly Carson City Storey County Extension educator University Nevada Cooperative Extension reached skellyj unce unr 887 2252 Minden Gardnerville Carson Valley Nevada <meta name="location" content="Perhaps only avid gardeners will find the idea of an updated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) climate map spine-tingling. The last map was updated in 1990. The changes are based on average annual extreme minimum temperatures from 1976-2005. They are not based on the lowest temperature that has ever occurred. Researchers have divided the map into 10-degree zones. This is the first time the map is available as an interactive GIS-based map for anyone with a high-speed Internet connection and as static images for those with slower Internet access. You can simply type in your ZIP code and find your hardiness zone. The USDA is not printing posters at this time, but you can download maps by state, region or for the whole nation. Okay, I admit I was all excited and typed in my ZIP code – 89704 and up popped Zone 7a: 0 to 5 degrees F. My balloon burst. I was hoping for a zone that actually reflects my experience with the lows in Washoe Valley, which have been in the minus 20's two or three times (maybe more) over the last 23 years. If I plant trees that only will tolerate 0 to 5 degree minimums, I probably will lose those trees every 10 years or so. I had to remember that the map is based on average minimum temperatures. Warm temperatures such as we are having this year really skew an average. I also checked Carson City's 89701, 89703 and Douglas County's 89410 and 89423 ZIP codes, which came up Zone 6b: -5 to 0 degrees F. I was surprised to find Carson City listed colder than my house. Carson City ZIP code 89706 is zoned 7a, same as Washoe Valley yet still warmer than 89701. Following my weather observations for my house and looking at the zone breakdown, I would only buy plants for zones 4b (-25 to 20 degrees) or possibly 5a (-20 to 15 degrees). The map is not as failsafe as I had hoped. However to do the new map justice, authors do state “there might still be microclimates that are too small to show up on the map.” My property is probably one of those unidentifiable microclimates. This map is a good tool if you remember that the plant hardiness zones are just guides and many factors besides temperature contribute to plant hardiness including light, soil moisture, duration of exposure to cold and humidity. The new map is available online at http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/. 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