We need cool sunny days followed by cooler nights to have good color. It takes sunny days with temperatures in the 50s, then cooler nights with temperatures in the lower 40s to produce strong color. The temperatures spread between day and night needs to be at least 10 degrees and 15 degrees is better. A frost does not help develop strong color. If leaves freeze hard the chemical process of color change stops and the leaves simply turn brown. Leaves are changing fast but is atleast 2 weeks away from the major peak color across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.FALL FOLIAGE LINKS:
