Forecast

Rain brings short-term relief for people with pollen allergies!

Rain is expected in Burgenland on Friday and Saturday. Allergy sufferers can breathe a sigh of relief, as the rain will significantly reduce pollen levels in the air. From Sunday, it will be sunny again and pollen counts will start to rise once more. 

From an allergological perspective, grass pollen is now the most significant type of pollen. We are still in the early-flowering grass season, which is why exposure to pollen from smooth brome, mouse-ear grass, tufted hairgrass, cocksfoot and foxtail grass is particularly likely. In many meadows, sorrel and plantain have now joined the mix, which can further increase the pollen load. The first stinging nettles have also begun to flower.

The flowering of beech and oak has already passed its peak, but is still being recorded in small quantities at our monitoring stations.

Rapeseed fields have also passed their peak flowering period. Nevertheless, people with pollen allergies should continue to avoid the vicinity of these fields for some time to prevent potential symptoms.

People who are sensitive to pollen from olive trees should also expect symptoms due to the flowering of the manna ash. However, this too has already passed its peak flowering period.

In addition to the pollen types mentioned, umbellifers, elder, mulberry, black locust, horse chestnut, sour grasses, legumes, walnut and cypresses are currently also present in the pollen spectrum. However, they pose only a very low allergenic risk.