Fall Color Report #1

We are now approaching the middle part of September and following up on last weekends post, I now feel it is time to begin fall color reports for my new coverage area. So starting now I will have a fall color report issued weekly, or sooner as color intensity picks up, Fall color reports are based from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as well as from others, according to them fall color across Southeastern Minnesota is non-existent, all areas are reporting little to no color. It is still a bit early for colors to show up, Average peak color for Southeastern Minnesota is in Mid-October. For state coverage on fall color, go to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources page, found HERE

Picture in Rochester looking north at Assissi Heights grounds towards the Elton Hills area

Looking around around Rochester it is still very much like summer, both looking at the trees and weather wise. Temperatures the last couple of days have been very summer like in the low to mid 80s with strong sunshine. Color is hard to find at this time because most trees still have that “summer green” color, I have seen the drought stressed tree or two losing leaves, but looking across the landscape there is really no color to be seen at this time. In our city lot, everything is still looking a lot like summer, the green ash in the front yard is still very green and full of leaves. Locals news outlets are saying that we are in for a beautiful fall color season, hopefully they are right, because with the abundance of maples and ashes around Rochester it should make for a very beautiful scene later this month into Oct!