IS FALL LATE THIS YEAR?

[frank_f15]

Seems like the leaves on the trees are not turning color very much up here, 90% are still green some yellow but very little red. how is it by you?

 

[Gatorboy]

Here Fall arrived on the 22nd -- right on time /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I'm not expecting much color here in Maryland, we have had very little rain this summer.

 

[Bird]

We don't have the bright colors you have, Frank, but since the temperature right now at 5:25 p.m. is 100 or 102, depending on which weatherman you check with, I'd say Fall is a little late. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[frank_f15]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Here Fall arrived on the 22nd -- right on time
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I knew it when i asked the question /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif, but you know what i mean. don't expect much color up here either as like you say the summer was dry, but sure have had plenty of rain in the last few weeks.

 

[frank_f15]

SEPT. 25 and 100 deg? I Thought it was hot up here today when it hit 78 deg. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[thcri]

Frank,

Here is SE Minnesota we are experiencing the same thing. The tops of the trees are now just starting to turn color but not much. You never know though it could change fast.

murph

 

[BubbaJr]

It's been so dry here this year that all my Buckeye trees are bald, my oaks all have dead leaves at the ends of most of the branches, and my maple leaves are turning colors and falling off. Since the remnants of Katrina went through, we've had about 10" of rain, and the remnants of Rita are here now. It's been a weird year.

 

[Cottonhawk]

Here in Oregon the maples started to turn color. It also has been a very dry Summer. I am just trying to get as much as possible the dry work done. Normaly our Fall is wet and rainy.

 

[bczoom]

Frank,

We have about the same conditions as your area.
Well, it's 4:15 am and 72 degrees.
It'll be changing fast enough. Both of our areas have lows in the 40's starting this Thursday.

Brian

 

[frank_f15]

We are getting the rain from Rita today supposed to get between 3 to 5 " by tomorrow.
YOU are right VERY WEIRD YEAR

 

[Cityboyfarmer]

I don't think we have had a drop of rain here the entire month of September and the temps have hovered in the mid 90's. My place is like a dust bowl. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

The rain will probably come when the burn ban is lifted in October and my piles will stay wet.

 

[Treed_in_TX]

In central Texas yesterday we were treated to 108 degrees. With today's cooling trend it will be down to 105.

 

[BubbaJr]

I dumped the rain gauge this morning and we had 1.3" from Rita. It's now just after 3pm and the sun is trying to come out. Towards the end of the week it is supposed to get down to 42. We didn't really have a spring this year, it went from winter to summer in about 1 weeks time (well it seemed like it anyway).

Since we moved here in March of 02, we had 7" of snow the day afer we moved. We had a severe drought the summer of 02. We had over 13" of rain in 2 days around the 4th of July 03 (declared a disaster area). We had 24" of snow in one storm in Dec. 04 (declared a disaster area). In January 05 we had the worst ever ice storm (declared a disaster area). Now this year we had a moderate to severe drought. And just this month we have gotten over 11" of rain.

Global warming? natural cycle? Planets out of alignment? Or just unrelated events? I don't know, but I can hardly wait to see what happens next. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[turnkey4099]

Mid/low 60s and flirting with frost for the past 5 nights here in SE Wa. The fall caught me by surprise when I noticed the Green Ash was a yellow blaze in the pasture with Black Walnuts and Locusts turning colors yesterday. Seemed like it was too early for that but I guess not.

Tomatoes are nicely black. That happened Wed night.

Harry K

 

[Chuck52]

It was a typical Missouri summer I guess. We had no significant rain for the month of July and into August. Then we had a toad choker. Then it didn't rain for about three weeks. Then another toad choker, and now it looks to be wet for a while. My trees are so confused by all this they may decide to grow all new leaves. It's going down into the low 40's at night this week, so I suppose Fall is here. Fall and Spring are the two good seasons around here, but they often last only a few days.

I went up to the garden yesterday evening to see what was still alive. There are a few tomatoes still hanging on....quite a few still green. The peppers are still producing. In fact, the cayennes, which barely survived the drought, are now making decent sized fruit. I kept the sweet potatoes alive by watering, but I think the didn't do much until the last couple of weeks, and now the tubers are poking out of the ground. There's a volunteer cucumber on the compost pile that may actually make fruit. I hope so, because most of the cucumbers we had were bitter, due to the drought I guess. At about the end of the drought, I planted all the bean seed I had left, figuring it would be a cover crop even if it didn't make beans. Now, if we don't get frost in the next couple of days, it looks like we'll have Fall beans.

I don't know if this is odd weather or not. I've been in Missouri for 17 years, and I can't think of any two years that were similar for weather. Anyway, it's not boring. We usually have dry spells that make you think the world bill soon dry up and blow away, and then it's time to call Noah for help.

Chuck

 

[RedRocker]

Isn't Fall when the weather turns cooler?? Over 100 in DFW, we're drooling for Fall, bring it on. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Seems like the leaves on the trees are not turning color very much up here, 90% are still green some yellow but very little red. how is it by you?)</font>

It's those darned hurricanes. They really mess up the weather in the whole hemisphere. It's been real hot here since Katrina and Rita. It was 106 here on Friday 9-23-05.