What is fall like in the Triangle area? (school, live)

[rec]

I've lived in Indiana, Illinois and and northern Virginia. Could anyone who has experienced fall in the midwest or east and now lives in the Triangle area tell me how the fall season there compares to the midwest or DC/Virginia area in terms of changing of leaves, coolness in the air, sweater/sweatshirt weather, etc. I'm trying to get a handle on if there is enough "fall-like" feeling to consider a future move, since it is my favorite season, obviously without the harshness of a midwest winter coming behind it!

[JQ Public]

I think the falls would be most similar to the DC/Virginia falls. The weather is perfect and it doesn't really start getting cold until November. The fall colors are great and you can always trek up to the Appalachians for the color and the views. Every once and a while it'll get warmer, but again after November you won't get above 80 til March. We definitely have 4 seasons, but our Northern friends don't consider our winter...a winter. But we still get well below freezing and have snowstorms from time to time...but nothing like the Midwest.

[Ken404]

Rool the dice. It could be a beautiful fall as JQ stated, get cold early or stay hot well past the September month.

[DanielleNC]

It's just like VA/DC area. I go up there all the time and find the weather pretty much the same. We'll be a few degrees warmer and likely the only difference you will see is in the winter we get less snow b/c of the few degrees difference. The leaves change into very pretty colors so you won't miss that at all.

[mia78]

I'm from MD and I think the biggest difference here is that there's a big difference in the temperature when leaving for work/school (7am) in comparison to the noon. Many mornings I could be wearing my large wool coat, observing the frozen water on the ground while I'm scraping frost off the windshield and by the afternoon, it may very well get up to the mid 60's. I'll also see people at Target in shorts and a sweater that same afternoon.

[jfre81]

Something in between Southern and Mid-Atlantic, which pretty much sums up that part of NC climate-wise. I found it pleasant for the most part.

[sacredgrooves]

My favorite time of year...slightly cool, crisp air, bright blue skies, and color abound.

[lovebrentwood]

I think of it as an extended "Indian summer." And as I write this, I think, "what exactly is Indian summer?" and of course, there is a wikipedia entry that explains it in detail: Indian summer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The first year I was here, it was 75 degrees during the Christmas parade the day after Thanksgiving. It was a whole new world.

[JimmyO]

Awesome.

[lottamoxie]

'Fall' here in the Triangle occurs at the very end of Oct thru mid-Nov. That's when you see your best color and get that wonderful autumn weather...still warm during the day, but not hot at all. It's just gorgeous that time of year.