2023 Wk 6 UP Fall Color Report

Reds brighter, rain, and cooler temps arriving.

Welcome to week 6 of the 10th Annual UP Fall Color Report. This is the #1 place for information on the changes of fall across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Driving Stats for 2023 UP Fall Color Report

Week 6: Miles driven: 1200 miles - 86gal of gas

Weeks 1-6: Miles driven 4,525mi - 330 gal of gas

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A bit burned out this week from all the driving and the heat. I put on about 1200 miles this week to bring you this weeks report and over 4200 miles so far in the first 6 weeks with another 3-5 weeks of driving to go. This year will be the most miles I’ve driven for the UP Fall Color Report in the 10 years that I have been doing this report. About to do another oil change and this next week and suspension has to have some work done and I need a good car wash from all the bugs and dust. Have to keep the wheels turning to bring you UP Fall Color Report. Who else is going to do the UP Fall Color Report if I can’t? May have to switch to mountain bike, e-bike, or perhaps rollerblades, it’s been awhile since I have strapped on a set of rollerblades so that might not be a wise idea.

This week I saw the best reds I have seen yet in Marquette county and Alger county. If you didn’t catch the short video I did of the drive on Co Rd 510 in Marquette county you can watch it here. These areas have seen a bit more rain in fact a little more than normal so the trees are moving along nicely into fall and showing some bright colors, the colors we expect from a beautiful UP Fall. Now across the Western UP it has been drought conditions for much of the summer with precipitation totals behind normal, but as I type this out some severe thunderstorms are moving across the Western UP and into the Copper Country and also cool weather that is arriving this weekend should help kick in color progression even faster now. After a week of mid to upper 80s, and some places reaching into the mid 90s this cool weather and rain are nice to see.

This week is key, we really need that cool weather to arrive like forecasted. We need overcast skies during the day, a week of warm days in the mid 60s and overnight temps dropping into the upper 30s to mid 40s would really set those colors off. If we see 7-10 straight days of that weather we should be seeing some awesome color as early as the 20-25th with peak reaching areas soon after. Remember peak color is not the same across the entire UP, you will want to pay close attention to the detailed fall color map and regional report from this point on.

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Timelapse videos week 6 driving around the UP.