September 28, 2005

The Northeast finally received some much-needed rainfall after quite a stretch of very dry
conditions. This should help the leaves to stay on the trees a bit longer by giving them
moisture and preventing them from drying out prematurely.

Slowly, but surely, the region is gradually moving from little to no color to the low color range
(11% - 30% change). Some areas in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York are
reporting moderate color (31% - 60% change). This season is very slow to get started and
that may be attributed to the very warm summer and unseasonably warm month of September.
At this time last year, moderate to high color could be found in much of northern New England
and northern New York. This illustrates just how far behind we are. However, cooler
temperatures have taken over and that should help advance the color change.

Leaf drop in most areas is still very low, with sporadic reports of low drop.

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This information provided by Marek D. Rzonca, The Foliage Network.

Next report: Saturday, October 1, 2005