November 2nd – November 6th, 2024 is Autumn – SOKO (Frost falls)-54th KOU “Maple leaves and ivy turn yellow. As we enter November, Route 54 tells us that it’s the season for watching autumn leaves.
Hmm…. but SATOYAMA (rural forest/mountain) around here haven’t changed color yet. It seems like it’s late compared to the last year’s. Is it because October was too hot?
The Nagano Regional Meteorological Observatory has announced, the average temperature in Nagano City in October was 3.1 degrees higher than normal, setting a new record.
The minimum temperature this morning was 13.6 degrees!!!! It is still warm for the leaves.
According to the website, it needs to be 8 degrees or less for the leaves to turn red.(https://tenki.jp/forecaster/deskpart/2022/11/04/20344.html#sub-title-a, in Japanese)
The minimum temperature tomorrow morning (Nov, 4th) is expected to be 8 degrees, and with a week weather forecast there will be many days that meet “that condition.”
Saturday and Sunday of this week will be the best to watch autumn leaves.
