This year's autumn colors compared to previous years

Comparatively speaking, this year's autumn colors here in Southern Michigan have seemed to come and go a little bit quicker than they did in previous years; not only that, but although it might sound funny, I seriously do consider the possibility that climate change might have caused this, and the fact that the rain came to take the leaves away. In addition, the colors of the leaves seem significantly less colorful than they did in previous years. Although somewhat sad, it makes me really wonder whether or not the amount of cloud cover had an effect as well. I suppose that more cloud cover has also caused such a change; perhaps exactly that might have caused a quicker change and caused the leaves to last shorter on the trees. Interestingly, some interesting stuff to think about on this boring day...