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USDA hardiness zones are the avg min temp over the last 30 years. A full zone is a 10-degree range.
Comparing US 1981 (1951-1980) with 2025 (1995-2024):
Concord NH: +7.7F (10th-largest rise)
Watertown NY: -4.0F (largest drop)
Coldest U.S. temperatures are rising...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Comparing US 1981 (1951-1980) with 2025 (1995-2024):
Concord NH: +7.7F (10th-largest rise)
Watertown NY: -4.0F (largest drop)
Coldest U.S. temperatures are rising...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
May 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
USDA hardiness zones are the avg min temp over the last 30 years. A full zone is a 10-degree range.
Comparing US 1981 (1951-1980) with 2025 (1995-2024):
Concord NH: +7.7F (10th-largest rise)
Watertown NY: -4.0F (largest drop)
Coldest U.S. temperatures are rising...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Comparing US 1981 (1951-1980) with 2025 (1995-2024):
Concord NH: +7.7F (10th-largest rise)
Watertown NY: -4.0F (largest drop)
Coldest U.S. temperatures are rising...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
"They thought to look at the climate system in a different way, as sort of a sequence of weather phenomena.” We need to be looking at more than just averages, mins and maxes.
Sweating to Shivering: Study Finds Rapid Swings in Temperature Have Increased
Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"They thought to look at the climate system in a different way, as sort of a sequence of weather phenomena.” We need to be looking at more than just averages, mins and maxes.