Minnesota is eight days into meteorological fall, and it definitely felt like it over the weekend — though it doesn't look like it yet.

The current fall colors map shows most of Minnesota and Wisconsin haven't seen much color change yet. Only a slight color change has occurred northwest of St. Cloud and in Minnesota's far northwestern corner.

Diminishing daylight leads to the fall color change, but there are weather impacts as well. Working in the state's favor are the lack of extreme heat and drought conditions over the summer.

As long as there's a balance of warm weather days and cool nights, a colorful fall is in the cards.

Eli Sagore is a forestry specialist with the University of Minnesota.

"It's variable from place to place, even across Minnesota, which isn't a huge area, but I

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