Now that September has arrived, it won’t be too long before colorful leaves start appearing on trees and offering spectacular views. Some experts say this year’s fall foliage season could be duller than usual in New Jersey and other regions of the eastern United States that had intense summer heat and serious drought conditions. “I expect the summer dryness … to hurt the foliage season,” said New Jersey State Climatologist David Robinson, whose office at Rutgers University monitors weather conditions across the state. Fall foliage forecast mapIf you are planning to travel to different states this autumn and you want to get a sense of when the foliage will be peaking, SmokyMountains.com offers an interactive fall foliage prediction map for each region of the United States. This year, for the first time, the website is encouraging leaf peepers to fill out a short form to report the intensity of the fall foliage they are seeing in their region.

Source: Forbes September 06, 2022 17:21 UTC