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Highest fall color by state
Typical fall color timing.
This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.
The typical calendar date when satellite-observed greenness has passed halfway from its seasonal peak toward senescence — a national indicator of the timing of autumn leaf-color change, not a prediction of this year's peak or a rating of colour intensity. Sampled at the county population centroid from the USA National Phenology Network's 2001–2017 MODIS climatology.
- 1New MexicoOct 15
- 2Rhode IslandOct 15
- 3MassachusettsOct 11
- 4ConnecticutOct 10
- 5MichiganOct 9
- 6New JerseyOct 8
- 7DelawareOct 7
- 8FloridaOct 7
- 9North CarolinaOct 7
- 10VirginiaOct 7
- 11MinnesotaOct 6
- 12KansasOct 5
- 13MarylandOct 5
- 14NebraskaOct 5
- 15GeorgiaOct 4
- 16MaineOct 4
- 17MissouriOct 4
- 18South CarolinaOct 4
- 19VermontOct 4
- 20IndianaOct 3
- 21New HampshireOct 3
- 22OhioOct 2
- 23PennsylvaniaOct 2
- 24West VirginiaOct 1
- 25ColoradoSep 30
- 26OklahomaSep 30
- 27WisconsinSep 30
- 28ArkansasSep 29
- 29IowaSep 29
- 30MississippiSep 29
- 31New YorkSep 29
- 32TennesseeSep 28
- 33KentuckySep 26
- 34AlabamaSep 25
- 35LouisianaSep 25
- 36North DakotaSep 25
- 37South DakotaSep 25
- 38IdahoSep 20
- 39UtahSep 15
- 40TexasSep 13
- 41MontanaSep 12
- 42IllinoisSep 10
- 43NevadaSep 10
- 44WashingtonSep 10
- 45WyomingSep 9
- 46ArizonaAug 27
- 47District of ColumbiaAug 23
- 48OregonAug 12
- 49CaliforniaJul 4
Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Alaska, Hawaii. Available for the contiguous U.S. only. Deserts, open water and other pixels without seasonal vegetation are blank.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/fall-color" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Typical fall color timing by state"></iframe>Source: USA National Phenology Network / MODIS. · How this is built