To get really vibrant colors, we need a great setup, we need a nice, reasonably mild, reasonably rainy spring. We need a summer that has ample rainfall. And the biggest factor is a fall season that has a lot of sunshine, warm days and cool nights. Jim Salge More Quotes by Jim Salge More Quotes From Jim Salge I ’m expecting that it’s going to be patchy, you ca n’t get great foliage without a good setup in spring or summer. This year the setup is not terrible, but it’s also not ideal. Jim Salge latest-headlines Really, there’s great foliage everywhere, as well as fine country stores and great New England farms, that’s why people come here ; there’s something for everybody and it’s really easy to do. Jim Salge latest-headlines Much of New England had a really dry spring, and then we had variable rainfall this summer, some areas have gotten rainfall that’s well above normal, and we have some areas where rainfall has been below normal. Some places are still running a huge deficit for rainfall, while 10 miles away they are right on target or ahead. So it’s going to be a patchy year. Jim Salge latest-headlines It’s only a half a day’s drive from the earliest peak to the latest peak in New England, so if you have the ability to get in a car, and some flexibility in your plans, you can find the peak. Jim Salge latest-headlines If people give themselves a nice window in early October in the northern part of New England or mid - to late October in the southern part of New England, they ’ll be perfectly fine — this year or any year. Jim Salge latest-headlines
