The odd thing is that everyone expected it to be a bad year because of the hot, dry summer. Instead, it's been spectacular. It just shows that determination of leaf color is much more complicated than we thought.
We haven't seen 80° for almost a month, but it's supposed to be in the mid-70's tomorrow, which is 15-20° above normal. Global warming--bring it on! By the way, some are claiming that the big storm which hit the Pacific Northwest last weekend, was due to "climate change." Never mind that they get those storms occasionally. I remember the big one back in '62, which produced a lot of wind even where I was in Calif.