What climate zone am I in?

[jane k]

Sound like a dumb question? :rofl: I live in Athens, Georgia, USA. All the climate zone maps I can find look as if I'm in subtropical, but I notice that most people close to me geographically list themselves as warm temperate. Any thoughts?

[ecodharmamark]

G'day Jane

Does this (below) help?

http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Images/72DPI/ga.jpg

Cheerio, Markos.

[jane k]

Thanks so much, Markos! I guess what I'm really asking is specifically "climate zone" rather than hardiness zone. I'm glad you sent the USDA map, though. I see that it plants good ole Athens, GA squarely in Zone 8a. I have seen a map that seemed to indicate 8b, which I do not believe is accurate. My question about whether we fall in subtropical or warm temperate is I guess more of a question "of interest." I think that given the most recent warnings that global temperatures will probably rise more quickly than expected, I'm going with subtropical! Good to meet you!

[Ludi]

In my opinion zone 8a is too cool to be subtropical - citrus and many other subtropicals probably won't grow there under most conditions - so I think it would be characterized as "warm temperate."