Salisbury, Md. - When Fall comes to mind most people think about the different shades of orange, yellow, and red we see on the trees.
But this year is quite different because those colors are far and few between.
Mark Holland is a Professor of Biology at Salisbury University. Holland said this bizarre warmer weather has fooled some trees.
"The best colors seem to appear when we have that gradual onset of fall warm days, crispy cool nights," Holland said.
Holland said he isn't too confident in the trees showing off their fall colors.
"The signals are a little mixed this year and a little rushed so we're not seeing that longer period of time when the yellows, and reds, and orange colors get a chance to develop in the leaves," Holland said.
The leave across Delmarva are predominantly still green. However, WBOC's Meteorologist Heidi Werosta tells us those leaves will begin to change soon enough.
"The warmer temperatures are enhancing that Chlorophyll that's what makes the leaves green, right photosynthesis, so now that we are seeing the warmer temperatures finally get towards average that's when we are really going to see the Chlorophyll decrease now," Werosta said.
Werosta said shorter days and longer nights also factor into the absence of color.
"We're still seeing the daylight around ten to eleven hours and we're starting to lose two to three minutes now every single day," Werosta said.
Although Fall began on September 22nd, it lasts until December 21st. Werosta said there's still hope before the leaves turn brown and die.