Most of the Portland area — and much of the Willamette Valley — remained in zone 8b, which indicates the average coldest temperature is in the 15-20-degree Fahrenheit range.

Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. For ...

The zone boundaries in many areas shifted in the 2012 version, ... 23455, shows me in Zone 8b (15 to 20 degrees at its average coldest), or 5 degrees warmer than Zone 8a (10 to 15 degrees).

The new USDA map of plant hardiness zones switches Austin from 8B to 9A, which indicates shorter winters and longer growing season. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries ...

Northern Louisiana moved to zone 8b, where average minimum temperatures are still 15 to 20 F. That’s pretty cold for citrus trees, which can suffer severe damage and even die in subfreezing ...

The northshore was in zone 8b in the 2012 map, and the 2023 map now places this area in zone 9a. Indeed, zone 9a in Louisiana, which once reached no farther north than southern Avoyelles Parish ...

Louisiana's growing zones range from 8b in North Louisiana to 10a at the state's southern-most tip, with majority of the state falling into either zones 8 and 9, according to USDA's Hardiness Zone ...