The comparatively cold winter has delayed the start of the pollen season in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. However, according to experts, this is not an all-clear for allergy sufferers. Overall, the development is somewhat delayed, "but that does not mean that the burden will be less", the Center for Medical Meteorological Research of the German Weather Service (DWD) said on request. Especially in the current rather mild, dry and windy weather, the concentration of alder pollen could "very quickly become very high".
The hazel blossom has already begun and the main blossom is imminent. This will be followed by ash and, from April, birch - the peak of the season for many sufferers.
