Well I'm in upstate NY, and we've been getting way too much rain this yr. So far Oct. has been about a total washout. West of me got 2ft snow alreadly. Come Nov. we usually start to get snow, and by Dec. forget it.
Your plot getting attacked is what I fear from a late season plot. I'd like to get it established, and through its first mowing, before the deer unload on it. The present plot was small enough I put the plot saver deal around it for the first couple months, mowed it, then let the deer go at it. That way I knew it was good and established, well rooted.