Forecast

Pollen count forecast for Carinthia for the period from March 13 to 20, 2025

The predicted precipitation until the weekend will lead to a significant reduction in the pollen count. This will reduce the likelihood of allergic symptoms for pollen allergy sufferers. However, as the precipitation subsides, allergic reactions to hazel and black alder pollen will resume.

The hazel has largely passed its full bloom; in favorable locations, the majority of the catkins have been dusted off. Only in less favorable locations and at medium altitudes can there still be locally limited higher pollen release. The gray alder has also clearly passed the peak of pollen release. However, as with hazel, there may still be an allergologically relevant pollen count of gray alder in medium-high mountain regions.

The dusting of black alder has now fully begun. It is frequently found in the valleys and basins of Carinthia. As a result, a high allergological load of alder pollen may occur again in the coming week in warm and dry weather conditions. In contrast to the eastern provinces of Austria, the ash tree in Carinthia has not yet reached the flowering stage and no allergological exposure to ash pollen is to be expected in Carinthia.

The high mountain regions remain largely pollen-free.

Small amounts of pollen without allergological significance still come from yew, cypress, poplar, elm and various willow species.