RE: zones

From: Semanchuk, Phil J (pjs20347@glaxowellcome.com)
Date: Mon Feb 24 1997 - 14:44:03 PST

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:44:03 -0500
From: "Semanchuk, Phil J" <pjs20347@glaxowellcome.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: RE: zones

> AFAIK climate zones are an invention of the USDA (US
> Dept. of Agriculture). They divide the US into
> roughly horizontal bands; the temperatures (avg
> min/max, first frost, etc) are similar within each
> band.

Oops. Sorry, I should have said that temps are similar *within a given
band*. For instance, the average springtime temps for an east coast city
in zone 4 are roughly the same as for a west coast city in the same
zone.

Phil
(pjs20347@GlaxoWellcome.com or MrBones@Mindspring.com)
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