Temperatures have been on the rise in 203 U.S. cities since 1970, leading to longer allergy seasons in over 170 cities across the U.S., a new report by Climate Central finds.
This new study measured the number of days between the last day of freezing temperature in January through the first day of freeze in December.
It found that, on average, allergy season grew by more than two weeks. Allergy season lengthened by at least a month in over 30 cities. Allergy season in Reno, Nevada, increased by 99 days, one of the biggest increases in the country. Overall, cities in the western U.S. saw the largest increase in allergy seasons by nearly a month, followed by the Southeast, Northeast, Southern, and Central U.S. regions.what they were in 2000.
This picture taken on February 27, 2023 shows a bee carrying pollen from rape blossoms in Miura city of Kanagawa Prefecture."It's a nonstop onslaught of pollen in the air and the duration the levels of pollen that we're seeing are higher than ever before", Dr. David Stukus, pediatric allergist and immunologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital, told ABC News.
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