PRISM

OSU's climate mapping system

"This web site provides access to the highest-quality spatial climate data sets currently available.

PRISM is unique in that it incorporates a spatial climate knowledge base that accounts for rain shadows, temperature inversions, coastal effects, and more in the climate mapping process."

"PRISM uses past climate records and pattern to chart the way wind and cold moves across the land."

As the climate warms, gentler plants move in, The Oregonian, by Michael Milstein, May 6, 2007

New detailed gardening map