Forecast

Unstable weather may bring some relief in the short term!

Over the course of Monday, the likelihood of rainfall in Burgenland will increase significantly and remain high up to and including Tuesday. After that, the sun will quickly start to shine more frequently again, and it will become hot and humid. Allergy sufferers can therefore expect fluctuating levels of exposure this week. Pollen levels from fungal spores will be particularly high following rainfall, whilst ragweed and mugwort pollen levels will be significantly reduced by the rain.

Grass pollen season is now drawing to a close in Burgenland too, and generally causes only low levels of pollen in the ambient air. As a late-flowering member of the sweet grasses, reed may lead to a further rise in pollen levels around Lake Neusiedl in the coming weeks.

Pollen from foxtail grasses and plantain is still present in the air and may exacerbate symptoms for allergy sufferers.

We are in the midst of the first peak in mugwort pollen levels, which can currently cause high levels of pollen in the air under dry conditions.

Ragweed, which also belongs to the Asteraceae family, is already in flower in some places and may cause moderate to high pollen levels. As the wind is not expected to blow predominantly from the east or south-east over the coming days, the long-distance transport of ragweed pollen from Eastern and South-Eastern Europe is not a factor for the time being.

If you spot ragweed populations whilst out and about, you can report the plant via the Ragweed Finder app or at ragweedfinder.at, thereby informing the relevant authorities in the federal states about the presence of this invasive plant.

In addition to the pollen types already mentioned, pollen from stinging nettles, hemp, carnations and cypresses is also currently present in the pollen spectrum. However, these pose only a very low allergenic risk.