BUFFALO, N.Y. — A week after peak fall colors were reported across the Southern Tier, leaves farther north in Buffalo and Niagara Falls reach their peak too.
In the latest update of the ILOVENY Fall Foliage Map for Oct. 19 to 25, almost the entire state has reach peak fall color or is now past its peak. The only exceptions are farther downstate in the Hudson Valley, NYC and Long Island.
That means peak fall colors have officially arrived in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and the Finger Lakes. Buffalo and Niagara Fall's peak color could last for about two weeks, barring no major windstorms that is. Farther east, Central New York and Albany are also now reporting peak color.
But more regions now reporting color being past peak too, especially in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Portions of the Southern Tier are included in this as well, though peak fall colors for Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties should hold on for one more weekend.
ILOVENY.COM's map is made through the culmination of visual reports from volunteer spotters and archived data from previous years.
