Are the leaves changing where you are?

[TXMomof4]

I am so ready for fall! I'm counting my blessings right now because it is actually already cool here in the mornings and highs only in the 80s, but I don't know when to expect the leaves to change here (in KS). In Dallas it was well into October before it looked like fall, no matter what the calendar said. So, what's it like where you're at?

[DarcyB]

Being in Dallas...I'm yearning for fall. I hear people all over facebook talking about how it's already fall where they are, and I'm jealous! It's still in the mid-90's for us, and we might see a break starting next week. *sigh* I wish it were fall already! LOL

[elise1mds]

I'm in NE OK, and there's nothing happening here yet, either. My FIL and his wife are coming to visit at the end of this week and wanted to know where the best foliage was. I just laughed. They're from upstate PA, near the NY line, and have been having highs in the 70s for weeks now. We're still running in the upper 80s to near 90. Fall leaves won't happen soon.

[patchfire]

I'm in ATL, but YES. They are starting to change, albeit slowly and patchily. They are really changing in the mountains north of the city, and we're getting some change here. We went to the last day of the season for White Water (water park) on Sunday, and there were yellow, red, and orange leaves floating along with us!

[Hunter's Moon]

I'm in Mass, and they just started. The tops of some trees are starting to turn orange.

 

It's been cold here though. 40s at night and its in the lower 50s right now. To go from a heat wave a little more than a week ago to this is ridiculous.

[athena1277]

We live near D.C. and there are only a few trees starting to turn. I figure in the next week or 2 the rest will join in. My kids can't wait to run in the crunchy leaves.

[Carrie12345]

They've been changing in NEPA for a while. It seemed to start out slow, but now it's picking up speed.

 

I wish I could enjoy fall more. I really do love it, but it's a constant reminder that snow is on the way. :glare:

[FeFe]

They are slowly starting to in NE Indiana. I'm not sure if it's because of fall or lack of rain though. We've had a drier than normal summer, I believe.

[simka2]

MO here, and I just noticed some bright red leaves yesterday!

[athena1277]

I wish I could enjoy fall more. I really do love it, but it's a constant reminder that snow is on the way. :glare:

 

:iagree:I really don't like winter. Fall brings winter. Fall is bad.

[VA6336]

It's mid 90s here in West Tennessee, and the leaves are already turning colors and falling. It's very confusing. :glare: The calendar and the trees realize it's September, but apparently the weathermen didn't get the memo!

[MariannNOVA]

Changing? Ever so slightly. They are falling, though. I have a different out each day raking and sweeping. They have been falling though all summer long due to the lack of rain.

 

Changing -- hmmmmmm, maybe not here for another week.........or three.

 

Temps are cooler in the a.m., though, but still quite warm in the afternoon.

[Whereneverever]

Yes, they are. Day time highs are in the mid 50s, and night time lows are in the 30s! BRRRR.

[bugs]

Yeah, since August! I am longing for summer.

[mom2denj]

Leaves change color? Just kidding. I grew up in New Hampshire where the fall was incredibly beautiful, my FAVORITE time of the year. Here in Florida, they just turn brown and fall off the tree.:glare:

[AK_Mom4]

Ours are half-way gone. By the end of the weekend, everything will be red and yellow here.....

 

And it smells lovely - ripe cranberries and currents all around.

[Heather in AL]

Yep. they have been slowly changing for a few weeks (just enough to make you say "are the leaves turning?"), but it wasn't until just this week that they changed in earnest (one particular variety of Maples are all bright yellow, and the mountain looks colorful with reds and yellows). The River Birch in our yard are already half bare as are the Japanese Magnolias, and the Bermuda & Zoysia grasses are going dormant. Yet we're still hitting close to 95*.

 

Add to the trees the fact that we have **swarms** of butterflies, lots of hummingbirds, and tons of Canada Geese, and we are all confused.

 

This is happening earlier than usual.

 

Oh, we're in north Alabama.

[Parrothead]

Ever so slowly. I think that heat wave a couple weeks ago threw them off. Generally by now we are gearing up to rake. This year I still have to mow at least one more time.

[mcconnellboys]

I saw some tinging of color as we drove across West Virginia and Virginia last week, so it's coming. We've been extremely dry here in the southeast this year so I'm not sure how strong a fall we'll have....