We actually had the best summer on my personal anecdotal gardening record. I think my tobacco matured faster last year because the Piloto is unusually slow growing, and because the Delhi got started over a month late. Also, my fertilization rate was probably higher. I'm gong to get my soil tested now that the season is over.
I didn't have any extended poor weather, like you did. Fall hit a couple weeks early, that's all. But first frost is a thing here every gardener has to watch unless they only grow brassicas. Previous two years, I was able to endure multiple frosts based on temperatures staying above minus 2, the freezing point of tobacco. This year it went straight to minus six. I still have cabbage and sui choi growing away.
I am fairly certain I will end up with next to zero green cured leaf. The crop is fairly mature.
Well, that's some good news
The weather in France was not very good this year, we had some late freeze in April (or May ?) and a lot of fruit trees were frozen => no fruit ... This is the second year in a row that we have no cherry at all on the trees of our garden (and we are not alone).
Even the walnut tree froze... then we had too much sun, and then the summer ended mid July... strange year...
I remember last year, I was able to put my leaves in the sun of september to help curing, but not this year
But I am glad the weather on our side was better