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Many Oklahoma residents are applauding the arrival of the cold front that will bring temperatures down for a few days, but allergy experts warn it’s the perfect storm to bring pain to people. Ragweed pollen started causing problems in August. Now, the cooler temperatures on the way will make ragweed even worse. “Well, September and October are always great, big pollen seasons for people susceptible to ragweed and weeds in general,†said Dr. Dean Atkinson, an allergist with the Oklahoma Asthma and Allergy Clinic. The Oklahoma Asthma and Allergy Clinic released its daily pollen report on Monday with a ragweed allergy alert in the very high range. The weather this year is to blame for the amount of ragweed. “Even though it was hot, it wasn’t really that hot,†Atkinson said. “It hasn’t really been a hot year for Oklahoma. So these things haven’t dried up. They’ve actually grown. When temperatures drop into the 80s and cooler, ragweed releases more pollen.” , this will slow down pollination. And as it gets cooler, it will increase pollination, â€Atkinson said. With the cold front and dropping temperatures this week, you can expect ragweed numbers to increase even more. next month or so you’re going to see some really high counts that are really going to bother a lot of people susceptible to ragweed, â€Atkinson said. We will have to wait for a hard frost for the ragweed pollen. levels to disappear, and it probably won’t be until November.
Many Oklahoma residents are applauding the arrival of the cold front that will bring temperatures down for a few days, but allergy experts warn it’s the perfect storm to bring pain to people.
Ragweed pollen started causing problems in August. Now, the cooler temperatures on the way will make ragweed even worse.
“Well, September and October are always great, big pollen seasons for people susceptible to ragweed and weeds in general,†said Dr. Dean Atkinson, allergist at the Oklahoma Asthma and Allergy Clinic.
The Oklahoma Asthma and Allergy Clinic released its daily pollen report on Monday with a ragweed allergy alert in the very high range. The weather this year is to blame for the amount of ragweed.
“Even though it was hot, it wasn’t really that hot,†Atkinson said. “It hasn’t been a really hot year for Oklahoma. So these things haven’t dried up. They’ve actually grown.”
When temperatures drop into the 80s and cooler, ragweed releases more pollen.
“So as it gets hot it will slow down pollination. And as it gets cooler it will increase pollination,†Atkinson said.
With this week’s cold front and the temperatures dropping, you can expect ragweed numbers to increase even more.
“I think throughout the next month you’re going to see some really high numbers that are really going to bother a lot of people with ragweed sensitivity,†Atkinson said.
We’ll have to wait for a hard frost for ragweed pollen levels to subside, and it probably won’t be until November.
