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  • State Climatologist Ford: Managing Illinois' changing plant hardiness zones

    Jan 3, 2024 3:15 pm
    A map of the new USDA plant hardiness zones

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    • A map of the new USDA plant hardiness zones

    Trent Ford is the Illinois State Climatologist for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The latest USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Maps (released in November 2023) show a drastic change in a warming of average temperatures.