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Land with a climate like Shirley

🇺🇸Shirley, New York, United States

The towns with the closest growing climate to Shirley are New Bedford, United States (99% match), New London and Toms River. About 568,000 sq mi of land in 26 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Ohio, United States and Illinois, United States.The towns with the closest growing climate to Shirley are New Bedford, United States (99% match), New London and Toms River. About 1.5 million km² of land in 26 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Missouri, United States, Ohio, United States and Illinois, United States.

Your growing climate

Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,649 chill hours · 1,112 mm rain

What grows in Shirley →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Missouri, United States

    48k sq mi126k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Wildwood (88), Farmington (87)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸Ohio, United States

    42k sq mi108k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Clark-Fulton (96), Detroit-Shoreway (96)

  3. 3

    🇺🇸Illinois, United States

    35k sq mi91k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Godfrey (89), Alton (88)

  4. 4

    🇨🇦Ontario, Canada

    12k sq mi32k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Windsor (88), Tecumseh (87)

  5. 5

    🇷🇺Krasnodar Krai, Russia

    11k sq mi29k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Apsheronsk (93), Khadyzhensk (92)

  6. 6

    🇷🇸Central Serbia, Serbia

    7,700 sq mi20k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Loznica (87), Užice (87)

  7. 7

    🇧🇦Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    6,200 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Goražde (92), Ilidža (90)

  8. 8

    🇯🇵Akita, Japan

    5,100 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kita-Akita (93), Takanosu (93)

  9. 9

    🇫🇷Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Albertville (87), Cluses (86)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Aomori, Japan

    5,000 sq mi13k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aomori (94), Hirakawa (92)

  11. 11

    🇧🇦Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    4,500 sq mi12k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Prijedor (87), Banja Luka (86)

  12. 12

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    4,300 sq mi11k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Aizu-Wakamatsu (96), Aizu-misato Machi (94)

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

    🇺🇸New BedfordMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 7a · 191 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 7a · 191 frost-free days · 2,779 chill hours · 1,304 mm rain

    Shares 19 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇺🇸New LondonConnecticut, United States

    Zone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,768 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7a · 193 frost-free days · 2,768 chill hours · 1,248 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    99%match
  3. 3

    🇺🇸Toms RiverNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 208 frost-free days · 2,407 chill hours · 1,163 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇺🇸YonkersNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,606 chill hours · 1,175 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    98%match
  5. 5

    🇺🇸Atlantic CityNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 8a · 219 frost-free days · 2,232 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 219 frost-free days · 2,232 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan, cotton

    98%match
  6. 6

    🇺🇸ProvidenceRhode Island, United States

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,769 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,769 chill hours · 1,222 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  7. 7

    🇺🇸BarnstableMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,751 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 204 frost-free days · 2,751 chill hours · 1,198 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  8. 8

    🇺🇸GloucesterMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,939 chill hours · 45 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,939 chill hours · 1,142 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    97%match
  9. 9

    🇺🇸New York CityNew York, United States

    Zone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 213 frost-free days · 2,440 chill hours · 1,203 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, rice, cotton

    97%match
  10. 10

    🇺🇸PeekskillNew York, United States

    Zone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,763 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7a · 192 frost-free days · 2,763 chill hours · 1,192 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  11. 11

    🇺🇸MillvilleNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,285 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,285 chill hours · 1,103 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond

    96%match
  12. 12

    🇺🇸Bel Air SouthMaryland, United States

    Zone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 212 frost-free days · 2,432 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, rice, almond

    96%match
  13. 13

    🇺🇸EwingNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,563 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7b · 193 frost-free days · 2,563 chill hours · 1,177 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  14. 14

    🇺🇸BostonMassachusetts, United States

    Zone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,851 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 7a · 187 frost-free days · 2,851 chill hours · 1,167 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops

    96%match
  15. 15

    🇺🇸EdisonNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 200 frost-free days · 2,557 chill hours · 1,232 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice

    96%match
  16. 16

    🇯🇵Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima, Japan

    Zone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 7b · 206 frost-free days · 2,669 chill hours · 1,254 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: rice, cotton

    96%match
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    🇺🇸LancasterPennsylvania, United States

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 41 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,601 chill hours · 1,035 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: almond, pecan

    96%match
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    🇺🇸VinelandNew Jersey, United States

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,114 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops · Also great there: pecan, almond

    96%match
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    🇺🇸ClevelandOhio, United States

    Zone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,878 chill hours · 37 in rainZone 7a · 197 frost-free days · 2,878 chill hours · 943 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇺🇸WheelingWest Virginia, United States

    Zone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 2,704 chill hours · 38 in rainZone 7a · 190 frost-free days · 2,704 chill hours · 974 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 21 great-fit crops

    94%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.