Fall foliage tracker: Are leaves changing in the Hudson Valley?

As the days get shorter and air gets cooler, many are looking to the tree tops for those first hints of autumn. In the Hudson Valley, fall colors are still a bit rare.

The I Love NY fall foliage tracker allows visitors to monitor autumn leaf progress every week during the fall season, with the latest report posted on Sept. 12. Leaf progress is color-coded, with green showing "no change" in foliage progress, yellow showing that leaves are "just changing", and scaling all the way to dark red for "past peak" foliage.

Foliage progress is reported statewide by volunteers that typically include a location and photo with their observation.

Fall foliage progress in Hudson Valley for week of Sept. 12-17

According to the most recent report on the website, the Lower Hudson Valley is still in the green, meaning no major leaf changes have been spotted.

Elsewhere in the Hudson Valley, Ulster County is starting to see some autumnal colors, with reports out of Kingston seeing about 15% foliage change and "yellow and red leaves of average brilliance."

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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Fall leaves: Where are New York's leaves changing?