Colder weather, widespread frost are turning Maine’s leaves faster than normal

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 23, 2020

One of Maine’s happiest traditions of fall, trips into the North Maine Woods to observe the changing of the colors of the state’s leafy trees, will likely have to ramp up this week thanks to some unseasonably cold weather and an early frost. The leaves of northwestern- and northeastern-most Maine, from Eustis and Greenville diagonally to a point just north of Houlton along the Maine coast, are well underway on their colorful journey from green to the vibrant yellow, orange and red hues of fall.