This year, VTDigger is teaming up with Henry’s Weather Channel to help answer the annual question of when and where peak foliage will make its appearance across the state.
Each week, we’ll bring you an updated look at how foliage is unfolding statewide, paired with a weekend forecast, so you can plan your drive, hike or porch-sitting accordingly. Henry brings meteorological experience and on-the-ground reporting with photos and videos from across the region.
Though the best fall foliage is now behind us, the weather should cooperate this weekend. Get outside before it gets cold and gray.
Here’s what to know before you head out.
Stick season incoming
Current foliage across the state now shows much of Vermont past peak, even down in the valleys. The most color is confined to far western Vermont at lower elevations and around the Burlington area.
I was in Vermont last weekend to document the first flakes of the season and the light snow at Stowe and can confirm that the colors have faded fast. Enjoy this gorgeous weekend ahead with much warmer temps than last weekend!
Enjoy the sunshine
A gorgeous fall weekend is ahead across Vermont! There will be plenty of sunshine to be had with no rain in the forecast. Temperatures will be much warmer than what we dealt with last weekend with those chilly temps and snowflakes.
Highs on Saturday are expected to be in the 50s across the state. Plenty of sunshine and low winds are expected. Saturday night, temperatures will drop into the low 30s across Vermont. I can’t rule out some upper 20s as well.
Sunday is the warmer day out of the two. Temperatures are expected to climb into the upper 50s to low 60s, again with plenty of sunshine! Low temperatures Sunday night will fall into the upper 30s to low 40s.
Henry Swenson of Henry’s Weather Channel is a self-taught storm chaser, weather forecaster and drone videographer based in New England. He is known for his live storm coverage and tracking and has been delivering accurate weather forecasts to the region since 2017. For this partnership, Henry brings his mobile weather station and boots-on-the-ground approach to track fall foliage as it moves across the state.
