Pockets of Foliage
By Nicholas DiGiovanni on September 27, 2012, 10:16am
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Photo: Pitch Pines Park, North Haven (0.5 miles south of Wallingford Town Line)
You may have noticed in your town that there are pockets or neighborhoods that have leaves changing color faster than others. This can be the result of 2 reasons. The first one is there may be a patch of maples (usually the first trees to change and reach peak). The second reason is related to elevation. In the lower elevations (valleys) the temperatures drop much lower than the hills. For example, Tuesday morning got down to 37 degrees in North Haven but 6 miles to the NE it was 51 degrees in Durham. The areas in North Haven that are in low elevation seem to be changing just as much as Northern New England. Even down in East Haven the trees have color. Basically, the lower (inland) territories will be in the lead for foliage. A town like North Haven is a perfect example.
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