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Washington State: USDA Climate Zones

Our county, Adams, is pretty much all Zone 6b, but that doesn't account for micro-climate;
being in a “frost pocket”, we‘re really more like a Zone 5b or 5a or maybe even 4.

You can go the the full national USDA “Zone” map by clicking this link.

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