Climate

Cold hardiness and drought links.

U.S. Drought Monitor Map

The U.S. Drought Monitor provides a weekly overview of where in the United States drought is emerging, lingering, subsiding, or forecast. A joint project of The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2012. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Accessed from http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov.