US Last Frost Date (and other related handy links)

middlemamma 3/3/2011, 1:23 am

Some sticky worthy links compiled generously by member Megan Smile

Thank you!

Original post can be found here uncut https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t5287-mid-atlantic-last-frost-dates-and-related-handy-links-for-us-and-canada#45986

@Megan wrote:...Please forgive terse descriptions, I managed to chop my fingertip off last night so typing is a bit difficult.
Enjoy the links, there is good information here. Happy gardening!

United States
National Climatic Data Center: U.S. Climate normals by state
http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/climatenormals/climatenormals.pl?directive=prod_select2&prodtype=CLIM2001&subrnum

Plantmaps.com -- Last Frost Dates (Much more on this site!) http://www.plantmaps.com/blog/category/last-frost/

http://www.climate-charts.com/USA-climate.html

Weather.com: Gardener's Local Forecast (enter your Zip Code) http://www.weather.com/activities/homeandgarden/garden/

Farmer's Almanac--Average Frost Dates
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/2007/02/14/average-frost-dates/ Thanks, Ander217!

NOAA 90-day predictions http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/fxus05.html Thanks, Ander217!

Seed starting calculator http://www.johnnyseeds.com/e-PDGSeedStart.aspx?source=E_Calc_ReminderSeedStart_0211_CGCM Thanks, Camprn!

Growing Degree Days
Wikipedia overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing-degree_day

Weather.com Growing Degree Day Calculator http://www.weather.com/outlook/agriculture/growing-degree-days/

Growing Degree Day log (opens spreadsheet) http://www.wfsag.com/UserFiles/File/GDDCalculator.xls

Degree Day data (U.S.) http://uspest.org/US/


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