The trees sure seem to think so. The forest feels much more like early October than early September. Leaves are changing and dropping, undergrowth is down and done for the year, chestnuts and acorns are littering the ground like it's six weeks later than it is and the squirrels are gathering and doing their thing like I've never seen before this early.
Brian - I was in your neck of the woods riding today in Mianus River Park and damn is it dry down there, you haven't been kidding