Unusually Warm Fall Holds Back Foliage

This will come as little surprise to anyone who's sweated through a pumpkin patch in short sleeves this season, but it's unusually warm for fall. The temperature in October has been anywhere from 7 to 10 degrees above normal -- in several cases, a record just waiting for the end of the month, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

And that, across the Northeast, has slowed the annual change of leaf color.

At one time, it was a safe bet that Columbus Day weekend would bring peak foliage to New York's Hudson Valley, but records at the Mohonk Preserve near New Paltz show that the date of peak foliage has crept back over the past decade or so. The region is only now hitting its peak.

Other locations still look green.

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