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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.
California has the lowest published fall color in this comparison, at Jul 4. The next states shown are Oregon (Aug 12) and District of Columbia (Aug 23).
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