USA Hardiness Zone 6b

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USA Zone 6b

Extreme Minimum Temperate −26.1 to −23.3°C (−15 to −10°F)

Temperate Warm Summers and Cold Winters

Indicative Towns: McMinnville, Tennessee; Branson, Missouri


Crosses areas of mid-latitude desert and semiarid steppe but is mostly in humid continental (warm summer) and humid subtropical climates of of USA. It includes Coastal Alaska. It has a generally mild climate with average minimum winter temperature is between -10 to 0 degrees F. Winters are quite cold but summers are generally mild to hot with good rainfall and humidity. The last frost date is around the start of May and the first date is at the start of November. This provides an extended growing season of 7 months.

The extended growing season and hotter summers mean that most warm weather suited vegetables and herbs and be grown, though not generally warm enough for melons and watermelons. Vegetables that do well in Zone 6 include : Bush beans, Butter lettuce, Tomatoes, Longer season melons and Winter squash. The expanded list of herbs include: Coriander, Dill, Borage and Oregano.

Towns include:

Akron, Ohio
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ansonia, Connecticut
Ashburn, Virginia
Ashland, Kentucky
Barrington, Rhode Island
Belleville, Illinois
Bend, Oregon
Berwick, Pennsylvania
Bluefield, West Virginia
Boston, Massachusetts
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Branson, Missouri
Brockton, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
Butler, New Jersey
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cedar City, Utah
Clarksville, Indiana
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Denville, New Jersey
Detroit, Michigan
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Enola, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Evansville, Indiana
Exton, Pennsylvania
Florissant, Missouri
Great Bend, KS
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hanover, Pennsylvania
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Hartford, Connecticut
Hilton, New York
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Huntington, West Virginia
Ironton, Ohio
Jerome, Idaho
Juneau, Alaska
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Kuna, Idaho
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Lawrence, Kansas
Lehighton, Pennsylvania
Lexington, Kentucky
London, Kentucky
Lynn, Massachusetts
Malden, Massachusetts
Mckeesport, Pennsylvania
McMinnville, Tennessee
Medford, Massachusetts
Mentor, Ohio
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Washington, Kentucky
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newton Center, Massachusetts
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Norton, Massachusetts
Olathe, Kansas
Oregon, Ohio
Overland Park, KS
Painesville, Ohio
Paterson, New Jersey
Pembroke, Massachusetts
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Prospect, Kentucky
Providence, Rhode Island
Pullman, Washington
Quincy, Massachusetts
Reno, Nevada
Rockland, Massachusetts
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
Scituate, Massachusetts
Sharon, Massachusetts
Spokane, Washington
Spring Lake, Michigan
State College, Pennsylvania
Stephens City, Virginia
Tallmadge, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Vineland, New Jersey
Warren, New Jersey
Warren, Michigan
Waterford, Connecticut
Waterloo, Illinois
Wayne, New Jersey
Waynesville, North Carolina
Webster, New York
West Valley City, Utah
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wyckoff, New Jersey



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