Plant hardiness zone designations represent what’s known as the “average annual extreme minimum temperature” at a given location during a particular time period.
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023
The Cornell Climate Smart Farming online toolkit is designed to help farmers from the Northeast US improve their productivity and resiliency in the face of a changing climate. These decision support tools are used when making informed decisions about production systems based on location-specific climate data, weather forecasts, and future outlooks. All CSF tools allow for selection of multiple locations, at the field level, in order to receive the most local and relevant data. Tools produced by other organizations, including NOAA and USDA, are also provided.
Climate Smart Farming Tools
CSF Growing Degree Day Calculator
Plots Growing Degree Days (GDD) to help predict plant development and pest/disease outbreaks, and provides a climatological context.
CSF Water Deficit Calculator
Monitors current and forecasted soil water deficit at your location to allow efficient water management and smart scheduling of irrigation.
CSF Winter Cover Crop Planting Scheduler
Understand how the chances of growing a successful winter cover crop at your location are affected by planting date selection.
Cornell Tool: Visualizing Climate Change in the NE
Find out how the climate has changed in your county since 1950, and what is projected over the next century.
CSF Apple Stage & Freeze Damage Probability Tool
Charts observed/forecasted daily minimum temperatures vs. apple hardiness thresholds in order to assess potential risk for freeze damage.
CSF Grape Hardiness & Freeze Risk Tool
Charts hardiness temperature vs. daily observed/forecast temperatures for several varieties of grapes.
Climate Normals - Northeast Regional Climate Center
Climate normals are an arithmetic average of a variable such as temperature over a prescribed 30-year period.
NEWA (Network for Enviro and Weather Apps)
NEWA makes it possible for farmers to share resources for weather data collection, analysis, distribution, and archiving
U.S. Drought Monitor
The map is based on measurements of climatic, hydrologic and soil conditions as well as reported impacts and observations from more than 350 contributors around the country.
U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook
This map indicates how Drought Monitor intensity levels are expected to change in the U.S. over the next three months.
Adapt-N Nitrogen Management Tool
Adapt-N is an online tool that will help you precisely manage your N inputs for grain, silage or sweet corn.