Forecast

The birch pollen season is progressing with high pollen burden!

In the second half of the week, it will remain mostly warm and dry in Burgenland. As a result, the pollen count can develop unhindered and allergy sufferers must continue to expect a high level of exposure. On Thursday, Saharan dust may further aggravate the situation. Precipitation is forecast for Sunday, which could provide short-term relief.

In Burgenland, the birch is still the most important trigger for pollen allergies in the air. A high pollen count is also to be expected in the coming days. In addition to birch, other birch plants such as hornbeam and hop hornbeam also release pollen. As their allergens are very similar to birch, they can cause additional symptoms through cross-reactions.

The pollen season of the ash tree is largely over. Only a few isolated cases may still occur.

In parks and residential areas, the blossoming of the plane trees have begun. The pollution can be particularly noticeable along plane tree avenues in some places.

In particularly warm locations, such as sunny slopes or urban green spaces, flowering panicle grasses have already been observed in isolated cases. panicle grasses have been observed. Sensitive allergy sufferers may notice initial symptoms in these areas. However, the grasses are not expected to start flowering across the board until the beginning of May.

In addition to the pollen types mentioned above maple, yew, oak,poplar, sour grasses, and cypress plants are represented in the pollen spectrum. However, they only have a very low allergenic potential.

Forecast date: 2026-04-16

Note: The data shown here are model data for the expected start of flowering. For more detailed information on the expected pollen count, please refer to the text forecasts.