October 2026 general discussion

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, Torch Tiger said:

Yeah pretty mid foliage overall. Better than last year, but nothing jaw dropping

How much can you see from below the bridge?

[wokeupthisam]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yeah NNe had a banner year . Down here there was good color on maples a few weeks ago but most stuff now no . 

GWDLT  

All the species put on a 'really big shew' this year, to steal a phrase from Mr. Sullivan...  

 

[Torch Tiger]

9 minutes ago, kdxken said:

How much can you see from below the bridge?

I'm not trying to crap on the foliage crew...it just wasn't that spectacular here.   Oaks are what 60% of this area and most are still green   The past couple days they've gone more green/yellow.  If you're in areas with varied species I guess it looked good

[WinterWolf]

11 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

GWDLT  

All the species put on a 'really big shew' this year, to steal a phrase from Mr. Sullivan...  

 

Yup, Looked like that on my drive yesterday. 

[powderfreak]

39F at home 1,100ft while it’s 52F at 1,900ft across the ridge.

[Modfan2]

Warmed again this am, currently 39F

[Lava Rock]

I don’t make anything out…I say what I see.  And why would anybody say it’s beautiful, if it wasn’t?  I certainly wouldn’t.  
 
Now I guess one can say maybe I live in an area with alot of maples that provide good color.  But as I said…drove down the shore yesterday, and it was stunning all the way down.  
 
Last year it ended up excellent too.  I think more posters agree with me on this, than you. You live where there are alot of oaks…so color is duller where you are, so maybe that’s why you say it’s dull every year.  No matter who you ask….they’re gonna tell you the color this year has been fabulous, because it has. 

Been really good here. Not dull at all

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[VivaManchVegas]

We busted low last night.  32.5.  Was expecting 39.  Looks to be a cobalt blue sky day.  

[CoastalWx]

Milder morning with a bit of a breeze at 46.

[CoastalWx]

Look like we have a long stretch of boredom coming up, AWT.

[CoastalWx]

How’s Chief Wiggum’s  coastal low doing?

[CoastalWx]

As usual, the foliage around here varies with random species of trees. I thought the maples this year looked great, better than I can remember for a while. The oaks are turning, but the Oaks always suck.
I don’t know what species there are that turn this vibrant, yellow, maybe Hickory? But those have been bright this year.

[mreaves]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

As usual, the foliage around here varies with random species of trees. I thought the maples this year looked great, better than I can remember for a while. The oaks are turning, but the Oaks always suck.
I don’t know what species there are that turn this vibrant, yellow, maybe Hickory? But those have been bright this year.

I agree about oaks. There is a hillside on I-89 here just before you get to the Waterbury exit that is almost entirely oak and it’s so dull every year compared to what surrounds it. 

[CoastalWx]

6 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I agree about oaks. There is a hillside on I-89 here just before you get to the Waterbury exit that is almost entirely oak and it’s so dull every year compared to what surrounds it. 

Yeah I have a lot of oaks here locally. Strong trees but ugly regarding foliage. I do have a couple on the property that change to red which is nice.

[CT Valley Snowman]

Still managed a pretty good frost this morning.  

[Damage In Tolland]

Very windy run earlier with leaves flying . Mild too at 48 for the low 

[Brewbeer]

foliage has been relatively good here, and along 90 and 91; 495 out of Worcester was pretty good Sunday morning 

glad there aren't many oaks in the yard, they aren't particularly colorful and don't look as nice as the others in the fall, not to mention the acorns, which the squirrels and chipmunks take care of around here

36/35 dead calm and clear, chipmunks are chirping loudly this morning

 

[wokeupthisam]

10 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

foliage has been relatively good here, and along 90 and 91; 495 out of Worcester was pretty good Sunday morning 

glad there aren't many oaks in the yard, they aren't particularly colorful and don't look as nice as the others in the fall, not to mention the acorns, which the squirrels and chipmunks take care of around here

36/35 dead calm and clear, chipmunks are chirping loudly this morning

 

Yeah kidding aside, a lot of variability across the region and even locally depending on dominant types of trees.  Besides duller foliage and acorn cleanup, the oaks love to hang onto their leaves and laugh at my yard cleanups.  As @CoastalWx said, they're tough trees

[SouthCoastMA]

Checked out a bog harvest the other day in Carver, in preparation for the upcoming snow this winter. cc @40/70 Benchmark

 

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

Yeah kidding aside, a lot of variability across the region and even locally depending on dominant types of trees.  Besides duller foliage and acorn cleanup, the oaks love to hang onto their leaves and laugh at my yard cleanups.  As @CoastalWx said, they're tough trees

Boy do they ever Just pointing with their branches and laughing as I clean up the yard into December.

 

and I thought we were done with the acorn disaster last year. Just as bad this year.

[dendrite]

Another heavy frost.

Min 31.8°

So much for upper 30s.

[Damage In Tolland]

Living in an Oak forest and folks can understand why I want a full blowdown here. Take them all. 
 

Last year had zero acorns. This year the small acorn trees masted but all the acorns came down in the Nor’easter. None since thankfully 

[Typhoon Tip]

Incredible temperature variance due to cold drainage this particular morning...  Cold drain and uneven distribution by dawn isn't in and of itself very unusual, but varying 20 F over short distances, is. It is occurring among a lot of the non-standard NWS sites in the interior.

ORH was 43 for a low, now 52...  Same in Sterling and N. FIT ... yet, it's 31F at the Oxbow site along Rt 2...    Interesting

Some of these chillier sites are likely to see a 20 to 25 F bounce this morning.

[dendrite]

Colder at MHT than MWN this morning 

[WinterWolf]

35 minutes ago, wokeupthisam said:

Yeah kidding aside, a lot of variability across the region and even locally depending on dominant types of trees.  Besides duller foliage and acorn cleanup, the oaks love to hang onto their leaves and laugh at my yard cleanups.  As @CoastalWx said, they're tough trees

Yup, this is the point, and of course there is variability depending on what trees there are, or that one has in their area.  If you have alot of, or predominantly oaks where you live, it’s gonna be dull for the most part.
 

If you have more maples and birches…then it will be so much more colorful.  It doesn’t mean the foliage is a dull year(of course it can be some years), just means you don’t have the colorful trees in that area. 

[jsw]

10 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Incredible temperature variance due to cold drainage this particular morning...  Cold drain and uneven distribution by dawn isn't in and of itself very unusual, but varying 20 F over short distances, is. It is occurring among a lot of the non-standard NWS sites in the interior.

ORH was 43 for a low, now 52...  Same in Sterling and N. FIT ... yet, it's 31F at the Oxbow site along Rt 2...    Interesting

Some of these chillier sites are likely to see a 20 to 25 F bounce this morning.

Low of 28F, as we speak, at 300 feet ASL, Connecticut River Valley.

[Chrisrotary12]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Look like we have a long stretch of boredom coming up, AWT.

Not mad at it. Keep November misery away for as long as we can. 

[WinterWolf]

15 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Not mad at it. Keep November misery away for as long as we can. 

Yes, we’ve had tons of rain.  I’m glad we dry out for a while. The break/boredom is welcomed.