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Rankings · Seasonal
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.
New Mexico has the highest published fall color in this comparison, at Oct 15. The next states shown are Rhode Island (Oct 15) and Massachusetts (Oct 11).
The table orders 49 states by typical fall color timing. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.
Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. 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.
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