We had our first accumulating snow of the season here in Island Pond over the weekend.
Snow starting to accumulate on Saturday 11/14/15
I decided to head up to Jobs Pond in Westmore on Saturday to see if there was more snow in the higher elevations. There was a little more at the pond, but not as much as I had hoped.
Jobs Pond in Westmore, VT on Saturday 11/14/15
The foliage season here in the Northeast Kingdom has been slow to progress this year. I’m sure the warm fall weather has had something to do with it. Last year at this time the foliage was at or very near peak here in the NEK. The 2.5″ of rain over the past few days had kept me from going out to see how the leaves were coming along. So, when the sun came out today I jumped in the car to do a little leaf peeping.
The colors are still very green in some areas.
Still lots of green on Darling Hill Road in East Burke.
Other areas are coming along nicely with some vibrant colors to be seen.
Bald Hill Pond in Westmore, VT is showing a little color
Jobs Pond in Westmore, VT is also coming along nice.
What a difference a year can make in the foliage department. Looking back at this post from September 24, 2014 shows how much more color development we had here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont last year than we have on the same date this season. I’m sure the above normal temperatures that we’ve had for most of September have contributed to the foliage being behind schedule. We just had our first really cool morning of the season on 9/21 when the temperature dropped to 33.7° here in Island Pond.
Temperatures over the past week in Island Pond, VT
Even though I haven’t seen much color around the Island Pond area I thought I would take a drive today and see if I could find some color.
Henshaw Road Island Pond, VT
I was able to find spotty color in places, but not the big vistas with great color.
A little color beside Rte 114 between Island Pond and Norton, VT
I continued North on Rte. 114 through Norton and then on to Canaan without seeing much in the way of that brilliant fall foliage that I was looking for. The only hope I had left was to cross the Connecticut River and head to Pittsburg, NH. The colors did get better the further north that I drove. But it still wasn’t anywhere near peak foliage.
Rte. 3 Pittsburg, NH
Magalloway Road near mile marker 6 Pittsburg, NH
Magalloway Road Pittsburg, NH
Hopefully the cooler temperatures over the next several nights helps bring on the fall foliage that most of us have been waiting for to arrive here in the NEK of VT.
