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Land with a climate like Howard

🇺🇸Howard, Wisconsin, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Howard are Beaver Dam, United States (99% match), Sun Prairie and Fond du Lac. About 802,000 sq mi of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ontario, Canada, Iowa, United States and Wisconsin, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Howard are Beaver Dam, United States (99% match), Sun Prairie and Fond du Lac. About 2.1 million km² of land in 10 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Ontario, Canada, Iowa, United States and Wisconsin, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,476 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,476 chill hours · 741 mm rain

What grows in Howard →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    50k sq mi130k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Peterborough (97), Brockville (96)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Iowa, United States

    43k sq mi111k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Mason City (96), Cedar Falls (94)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Wisconsin, United States

    41k sq mi106k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Middleton (99), Beaver Dam (99)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸New York, United States

    40k sq mi103k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Plattsburgh (98), Queensbury (93)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Voronezh Oblast, Russia

    16k sq mi42k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Semiluki (84), Rossosh’ (84)

  6. 6

    🇧🇾Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Rechytsa (85), Svetlogorsk (85)

  7. 7

    🇷🇺Bryansk Oblast, Russia

    14k sq mi37k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Trubchevsk (84), Karachev (84)

  8. 8

    🇨🇦Quebec, Canada

    14k sq mi36k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sainte-Catherine (95), Candiac (95)

  9. 9

    🇺🇦Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

    13k sq mi34k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skvyra (86), Fastiv (85)

  10. 10

    🇷🇺Ryazan Oblast, Russia

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Skopin (84), Novomichurinsk (84)

  11. 11

    🇺🇦Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

    12k sq mi31k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Malyn (86), Ovruch (86)

  12. 12

    🇺🇦Sumy, Ukraine

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Bilopillia (85), Shostka (85)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

Closest towns

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Beaver DamWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,401 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 6a · 163 frost-free days · 3,401 chill hours · 838 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, peach, walnut

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸Sun PrairieWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,396 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,396 chill hours · 863 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, sorghum

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Fond du LacWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6a · 166 frost-free days · 3,401 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 6a · 166 frost-free days · 3,401 chill hours · 796 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, peach

    99%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸Stevens PointWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 158 frost-free days · 3,537 chill hours · 797 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    99%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸PlattsburghNew York, United States

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,381 chill hours · 30 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,381 chill hours · 759 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸WaukeshaWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,317 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 6a · 171 frost-free days · 3,317 chill hours · 874 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, soybean, walnut

    98%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸AustinMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,474 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,474 chill hours · 821 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    98%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸RochesterMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,462 chill hours · 33 in rainZone 5b · 163 frost-free days · 3,462 chill hours · 849 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸OwatonnaMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 5b · 162 frost-free days · 3,491 chill hours · 820 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸Red WingMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,444 chill hours · 775 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    97%match
  11. 11

    🇨🇦PeterboroughOntario, Canada

    Zone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,497 chill hours · 36 in rainZone 5b · 160 frost-free days · 3,497 chill hours · 919 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    97%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸WausauWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5a · 155 frost-free days · 3,595 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5a · 155 frost-free days · 3,595 chill hours · 796 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean

    97%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸La CrosseWisconsin, United States

    Zone 5b · 173 frost-free days · 3,324 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 173 frost-free days · 3,324 chill hours · 790 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum, walnut

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸Mason CityIowa, United States

    Zone 5b · 166 frost-free days · 3,411 chill hours · 34 in rainZone 5b · 166 frost-free days · 3,411 chill hours · 856 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum, walnut

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸MankatoMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,449 chill hours · 793 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇺🇸Cottage GroveMinnesota, United States

    Zone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,456 chill hours · 29 in rainZone 5b · 164 frost-free days · 3,456 chill hours · 737 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, sorghum

    96%match
  17. 17

    🇺🇸JanesvilleWisconsin, United States

    Zone 6a · 165 frost-free days · 3,279 chill hours · 35 in rainZone 6a · 165 frost-free days · 3,279 chill hours · 887 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: soybean, walnut, peach

    96%match
  18. 18

    🇨🇦BrockvilleOntario, Canada

    Zone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,468 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 6a · 167 frost-free days · 3,468 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, soybean

    96%match
  19. 19

    🇺🇸Mount PleasantMichigan, United States

    Zone 6b · 162 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 32 in rainZone 6b · 162 frost-free days · 3,365 chill hours · 812 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops · Also great there: peach, walnut

    96%match
  20. 20

    🇺🇸MarquetteMichigan, United States

    Zone 6a · 153 frost-free days · 3,634 chill hours · 31 in rainZone 6a · 153 frost-free days · 3,634 chill hours · 795 mm rain

    Shares 16 of your 16 great-fit crops

    96%match

Any town over 15,000 people, skipping those within 75 km of you. ↻ = seasons flipped across the equator.

How matching works

We compare all twelve months of average highs and lows, rain, humidity and sunshine, the same way as Climatch's places-like search, but weighted for growing: winter lows count most, since frost, chill and hardiness decide which perennials survive, then summer highs and rain. Humidity counts least.

Scores show how unusual a match this close is: 80 or better is closer than all but about 2% of random pairs of places. Across the equator seasons are lined up (↻), so a southern farm's January is compared with a northern July. Climate is only part of it: check soil, water and day length (it matters for photoperiod crops) before buying land.

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Climate data: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages (Abatzoglou, J.T. et al., 2018, Scientific Data 5:170191). Humidity is derived from TerraClimate vapor pressure; “sunshine” is solar radiation.

Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

Grower tools: crop ranges from FAO ECOCROP and university extension guides (cited per crop). Daily weather, frost dates and chill are estimated from the monthly averages; chill portions use the Dynamic Model (Fishman, Erez & Couvillon, 1987), hardiness zones follow the USDA definition.