Summer officially came to an end Saturday, and temperatures have already begun to cool slightly around the state.

Weather experts say that New Jersey is expected to see the leaves change color earlier than they did the previous year.

Record-warm temperatures last year meant that the Garden State did not see as many colorful leaves on trees last autumn. But the leaves are expected to change for this year.

The autumn for 2017 ranked as the sixth warmest on record in New Jersey since 1895, according to state climatologist David Robinson. Robinson also said that foliage season - when the leaves begin to change - was set back by about two weeks. Robinson says that this trend started around 2007.

The leaves on some maple trees around the state have already begun to change color, which is several weeks ahead of this time last year.