Bad news for Texas
While the intense heat “may spare Central Texas residents from the brutal ragweed season” (see our August 26 post), KFOXTV in El Paso reports a “recent allergy upswing.”
According to the El Paso report, Allergies Hit The Borderland, “What is to blame for the sniffles, sneezing, and sore throats, is all the recent rain.”
Weather has a definite affect on allergies. According to Allergy & Asthma Advocate, Spring 2003, “not even scientists who have computer mathematical models incorporating years of pollen and meteorological data, will know what this year’s pollen season will be like.” According to this report, factors that affect pollen levels include “soil temperatures, number of days above 55 degrees, duration of freezing temperatures throughout the winter and moisture levels.”
