USDA hardiness zone 7a
In zone 7a the average coldest winter night reaches 0°F to 5°F. Plants labeled for zone 7 (or a colder zone) can survive the winter outdoors here. 523 U.S. cities with 10,000+ residents are in this zone — the largest are listed below.
| City | State | Zone | Avg. last frost | Avg. first frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Louisville | KY | 7a | Mar 31 | Nov 9 |
| Wichita | KS | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 29 |
| Cleveland | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| Lexington | KY | 7a | Apr 13 | Oct 28 |
| Lexington-Fayette | KY | 7a | Apr 13 | Oct 28 |
| St. Louis | MO | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| Boise | ID | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 21 |
| Spokane | WA | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 15 |
| Amarillo | TX | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 29 |
| Providence | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Springfield | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 27 |
| Paterson | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 28 |
| Bridgeport | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| New Haven | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| Stamford | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| North Stamford | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Allentown | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 24 |
| Evansville | IN | 7a | Mar 29 | Nov 10 |
| Provo | UT | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 21 |
| Edison | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| New Bedford | MA | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 5 |
| Erie | PA | 7a | Apr 26 | Nov 4 |
| Sparks | NV | 7a | May 1 | Oct 10 |
| Spokane Valley | WA | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 15 |
| Orem | UT | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 19 |
| Fall River | MA | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 2 |
| Yakima | WA | 7a | May 8 | Oct 4 |
| Quincy | MA | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 22 |
| Lynn | MA | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 20 |
| Meridian | ID | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 21 |
| Nampa | ID | 7a | Apr 29 | Oct 13 |
| Trenton | NJ | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 28 |
| Toms River | NJ | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 20 |
| Norwalk | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Reading | PA | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 29 |
| Greenburgh | NY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| Clifton | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 28 |
| Ogden | UT | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 23 |
| East Norwalk | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Fayetteville | AR | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 31 |
| Warwick | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Cranston | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Somerville | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Springdale | AR | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 31 |
| Bethlehem | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 24 |
| Layton | UT | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 19 |
| Pawtucket | RI | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 19 |
| Centreville | VA | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 24 |
| South Jordan | UT | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 22 |
| Saint Charles | MO | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 29 |
| East Orange | NJ | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 6 |
| Bowling Green | KY | 7a | Apr 5 | Oct 31 |
| Rogers | AR | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 26 |
| Vineland | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 3 |
| Grand Junction | CO | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 23 |
| Lancaster | PA | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 24 |
| Fairfield | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| Owensboro | KY | 7a | Apr 3 | Nov 2 |
| Carson City | NV | 7a | May 4 | Oct 6 |
| Lehi | UT | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 9 |
| White Plains | NY | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 31 |
| South Vineland | NJ | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 23 |
| Wayne | NJ | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 28 |
| New Brunswick | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Union | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| Piscataway | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| West Haven | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| Jackson | NJ | 7a | Apr 28 | Oct 15 |
| Weymouth | MA | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 22 |
| Lakewood | NJ | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 20 |
| Revere | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Levittown | PA | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 25 |
| Milford | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| Harrisonburg | VA | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 23 |
| Florissant | MO | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| Joplin | MO | 7a | Apr 9 | Oct 27 |
| Enid | OK | 7a | Apr 6 | Nov 1 |
| Caldwell | ID | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 18 |
| Stratford | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| City of Milford (balance) | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| Plainfield | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| Parsippany | NJ | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Lakewood | OH | 7a | Apr 20 | Nov 3 |
| Harrisburg | PA | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 23 |
| Coeur d'Alene | ID | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 18 |
| Bloomfield | NJ | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 6 |
| Stillwater | OK | 7a | Apr 5 | Oct 30 |
| Huntington | WV | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 30 |
| East Brunswick | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| West Orange | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 24 |
| Chesterfield | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 29 |
| Barnstable | MA | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 28 |
| Euclid | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| East Providence | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 30 |
| Jeffersonville | IN | 7a | Mar 31 | Nov 9 |
| Mentor | OH | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 31 |
| Charleston | WV | 7a | Apr 16 | Oct 26 |
| Draper | UT | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 22 |
| Everett | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Sayreville | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Bentonville | AR | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 26 |
| Bridgewater | NJ | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 20 |
| Blacksburg | VA | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 19 |
| York | PA | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 19 |
| North Brunswick | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Bountiful | UT | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 24 |
| Ashburn | VA | 7a | Apr 13 | Oct 26 |
| East Boston | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Sicklerville | NJ | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 1 |
| Sayreville Junction | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Farmington | NM | 7a | May 2 | Oct 13 |
| Salem | MA | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 20 |
| Belleville | IL | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 20 |
| Riverton | UT | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 22 |
| Manassas | VA | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 27 |
| Wilkes-Barre | PA | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 20 |
| Hagerstown | MD | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| Marlboro | NJ | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Montclair | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 24 |
| Clovis | NM | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 29 |
| Cape Girardeau | MO | 7a | Apr 5 | Oct 25 |
| Chelsea | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Hillsborough | NJ | 7a | Apr 16 | Oct 27 |
| Pleasant Grove | UT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 25 |
| Roy | UT | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 22 |
| Spanish Fork | UT | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 18 |
| New Albany | IN | 7a | Mar 31 | Nov 9 |
| Bartlesville | OK | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 24 |
| Oakville | MO | 7a | Apr 6 | Oct 27 |
| Trumbull | CT | 7a | Apr 5 | Nov 6 |
| Wildwood | MO | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 23 |
| Linton Hall | VA | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 27 |
| University City | MO | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| Orange | NJ | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 6 |
| Norristown | PA | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 31 |
| Collinwood | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| Fair Lawn | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 28 |
| New City | NY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| Richmond | KY | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 22 |
| Tooele | UT | 7a | May 2 | Oct 16 |
| Spring Valley | NY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| Lewiston | ID | 7a | Apr 6 | Oct 26 |
| Randallstown | MD | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 7 |
| Westlake | OH | 7a | Apr 20 | Nov 3 |
| Springville | UT | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 18 |
| Walla Walla | WA | 7a | Mar 27 | Oct 31 |
| Hopkinsville | KY | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 2 |
| Cookeville | TN | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 25 |
| Juneau | AK | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 22 |
| Wayne | PA | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 31 |
| Radnor | PA | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 31 |
| Herriman | UT | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 22 |
| South Kingstown | RI | 7a | May 1 | Oct 12 |
| Morgantown | WV | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 23 |
| Clearfield | UT | 7a | Apr 29 | Oct 20 |
| Owings Mills | MD | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 7 |
| Ballwin | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 29 |
| Westfield | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| Eldersburg | MD | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 7 |
| Eagle Foothills | ID | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 17 |
| Gloucester | MA | 7a | May 4 | Oct 12 |
| Nicholasville | KY | 7a | Apr 7 | Nov 1 |
| Elizabethtown | KY | 7a | Apr 16 | Oct 25 |
| Princeton | NJ | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 16 |
| Branford | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| East Haven | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| Upper Alton | IL | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 5 |
| Granite City | IL | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| O'Fallon | IL | 7a | Apr 12 | Oct 20 |
| Henderson | KY | 7a | Apr 9 | Oct 26 |
| Mehlville | MO | 7a | Apr 6 | Oct 27 |
| American Fork | UT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 25 |
| Millville | NJ | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 23 |
| North Kingstown | RI | 7a | Apr 27 | Oct 15 |
| Bella Vista | AR | 7a | Apr 5 | Oct 28 |
| Shirley | NY | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| Livingston | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 24 |
| Kirkwood | MO | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| Syracuse | UT | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 22 |
| Maryland Heights | MO | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| Winchester | VA | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 29 |
| New London | CT | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 2 |
| East Saint Louis | IL | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 26 |
| Alton | IL | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 5 |
| Paramus | NJ | 7a | Apr 3 | Nov 4 |
| Jeffersontown | KY | 7a | Apr 3 | Nov 3 |
| Easton | PA | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 25 |
| Mercerville-Hamilton Square | NJ | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 16 |
| Carbondale | IL | 7a | Apr 9 | Oct 22 |
| Westport | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Reisterstown | MD | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 7 |
| Hazelwood | MO | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| Ridgewood | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 28 |
| Lebanon | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 25 |
| Ossining | NY | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 19 |
| Saratoga Springs | UT | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 9 |
| Yarmouth | MA | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 28 |
| Maplewood | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 27 |
| Edwardsville | IL | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 5 |
| Whitehall Township | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 24 |
| Paducah | KY | 7a | Apr 6 | Oct 27 |
| Ponca City | OK | 7a | Apr 10 | Oct 27 |
| Collinsville | IL | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 26 |
| Staunton | VA | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 23 |
| South Plainfield | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| South Riding | VA | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 24 |
| Newport | RI | 7a | Apr 7 | Nov 13 |
| Medford | NY | 7a | Apr 10 | Nov 2 |
| Mahwah | NJ | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 23 |
| Peekskill | NY | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 17 |
| Old Bridge | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Eagle | ID | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 21 |
| Scotch Plains | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| Glenville | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| Derby | KS | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 22 |
| Avon Lake | OH | 7a | Apr 22 | Nov 1 |
| South Old Bridge | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Webster Groves | MO | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| Bristol | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 2 |
| Valley Station | KY | 7a | Mar 31 | Nov 7 |
| Pottstown | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 23 |
| Willoughby | OH | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 31 |
| Cranford | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| Guilford | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| East Patchogue | NY | 7a | Apr 10 | Nov 2 |
| Radcliff | KY | 7a | Apr 16 | Oct 25 |
| North Plainfield | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| Somerset | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Moses Lake | WA | 7a | Apr 27 | Oct 8 |
| Summit | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 27 |
| Christiansburg | VA | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 23 |
| Clarksville | IN | 7a | Mar 31 | Nov 9 |
| Waynesboro | VA | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 23 |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 7a | Apr 30 | Oct 20 |
| Clinton | UT | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 22 |
| Arnold | MO | 7a | Apr 6 | Oct 27 |
| Ashland | KY | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 23 |
| Ferguson | MO | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| Darien | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Chambersburg | PA | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 25 |
| Bayville | NJ | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 20 |
| Pittsburg | KS | 7a | Apr 7 | Oct 30 |
| Portsmouth | OH | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 25 |
| Charlestown | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Rocky River | OH | 7a | Apr 20 | Nov 3 |
| Affton | MO | 7a | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| Elmwood Park | NJ | 7a | Apr 3 | Nov 4 |
| Millburn | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 27 |
| Cumberland | MD | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 24 |
| Newburg | KY | 7a | Apr 6 | Nov 1 |
| King of Prussia | PA | 7a | Apr 8 | Oct 31 |
| Cortlandt Manor | NY | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 19 |
| Clifton | CO | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 20 |
| West Chester | PA | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Marblehead | MA | 7a | Apr 25 | Oct 20 |
| Painesville | OH | 7a | Apr 15 | Nov 9 |
| New Canaan | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Spanish Lake | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 5 |
| Payson | UT | 7a | May 4 | Oct 11 |
| Madisonville | KY | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 1 |
| Fernley | NV | 7a | May 9 | Oct 1 |
| Central Falls | RI | 7a | Apr 22 | Oct 19 |
| Waterford | CT | 7a | Apr 16 | Oct 28 |
| Old Jamestown | MO | 7a | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| Carlisle | PA | 7a | Apr 23 | Oct 18 |
| Madison | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 27 |
| Hawthorne | NJ | 7a | Apr 15 | Oct 28 |
| Claremore | OK | 7a | Apr 7 | Oct 30 |
| Iselin | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| Westminster | MD | 7a | Apr 24 | Oct 20 |
| Morristown | NJ | 7a | Apr 18 | Oct 27 |
| Winchester | KY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 19 |
| Monsey | NY | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 23 |
| Fern Creek | KY | 7a | Apr 6 | Nov 1 |
| Creve Coeur | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 29 |
| Eastlake | OH | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 31 |
| Manchester | MO | 7a | Apr 4 | Oct 29 |
| Clark-Fulton | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| Pampa | TX | 7a | Apr 14 | Oct 28 |
| Somerset | MA | 7a | May 2 | Oct 8 |
| Boone | NC | 7a | May 2 | Oct 13 |
| Limerick | PA | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 23 |
| Wilton | CT | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Highland | UT | 7a | May 3 | Oct 12 |
| Westerly | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| Scarsdale | NY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| Nanuet | NY | 7a | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| Marion | IL | 7a | Apr 9 | Oct 22 |
| Colonia | NJ | 7a | Apr 11 | Oct 28 |
| Godfrey | IL | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 5 |
| Portsmouth | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 2 |
| Martinsburg | WV | 7a | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| Winthrop | MA | 7a | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| Back Bay | MA | 7a | Apr 19 | Oct 23 |
| Culpeper | VA | 7a | Apr 21 | Oct 22 |
| Saint Matthews | KY | 7a | Apr 3 | Nov 3 |
| Radford | VA | 7a | Apr 26 | Oct 18 |
| Detroit-Shoreway | OH | 7a | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| Middletown | RI | 7a | Apr 11 | Nov 4 |