Warm Temps Slows Foliage

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conser-vation and Forestry (DACF) has released its second 2025 Maine Fall Foliage Report, showing very little color change (generally under 10 percent statewide, and under 30 percent in northern Maine), with very low leaf drop throughout the entire state. 

Typically, northern Maine (zones 6 and 7) reaches peak conditions between the last week of September and the first week of October. Color change moves from north to south, with peak conditions for the rest of the state expected by mid-October. Coastal Maine usually experiences peak foliage from mid- to late October.