The current heat and sunny climate has all of a sudden introduced a quantity of pollen producing timber into flower inflicting itchy eyes and a runny nostril for a lot of hayfever victims.
Prof Jonathan West, a plant pathologist and aerobiologist from Rothamsted Research institute, advised the BBC the kinds of pollen in the air in the mean time are from varied timber – primarily Alder, Hazel and Cypress and in addition Yew and Elm.
“Recently, we have had a lot of pollen in the air because we had a long period of relatively cool, wet weather, which slowed down the development of flowers on those early flowering tree. This has been followed by some nice sunny and warm weather, suddenly advancing the flowering of certain trees so they released large amounts of pollen.”
Rising temperatures attributable to local weather change imply that the pollen season is extending. The newest ‘State of The Climate Report, external‘ revealed by the Met Office in 2025 revealed the flowering of hazel was virtually 10 days earlier now than in the previous.
The pollen forecast will likely be obtainable on the BBC Weather app from Thursday 19 March.
