GLENS FALLS (AP) -- Foresters say the hot, dry summer could mean an early fall with brighter than usual colors in the North Country.
Glens Falls meteorologist Brian Whitley says rainfall at the Warren County airport was nearly 5 inches below normal for the year. Forester Bruce Barnard of the Department of Environmental Conservation in Ray Brook says areas that have had a dry summer could see peak colors a week or so earlier than those that got rain.
The central Adirondacks received more rain than parts of the region to the south and east, including Washington and Warren counties.
Signs of fall color have begun to show up here and there, especially in swampy areas with birches and maples.
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