late fall
Leaves mostly gone
Late fall is the final stretch of autumn, roughly from mid-October through November in the Northern Hemisphere.
The phrase emphasizes the season's waning—leaves mostly fallen, temperatures dropping toward winter: We planted the bulbs in late fall.
Compare early fall and mid-fall.
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- NovemberEleventh month
- harvestGathering mature crops
- harvest moonFull moon nearest autumn equinox
- frostThin ice coating
leaves · bare · first frost · chill · sweater weather · decay · dusk · gray · cold · wind · overdue · behind · tardy · deceased · dead · twilight · barren · brown
seasonal position
late fallearly spring
Season's initial weeks
spring · mid-spring · midsummer · summer · Indian summer
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