MOUNTAIN CEDAR: What's the highest count ever recorded in San Antonio?

The pollen from mountain cedar trees creates figurative and literal headaches every year for allergy sufferers. You may find yourself wondering how...

January 11, 2023
1:14 AM

The pollen from mountain cedar trees creates figurative and literal headaches every year for allergy sufferers. You may find yourself wondering how this year's cedar season compares to years past.Mountain cedar season was particularly bad in 1982 and 2011 (Copyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)Shannon Syring is a Certified Pollen Collector through the National Allergy Bureau.According to Syring — who has been providing KSAT with the pollen count for years — the highest pollen count for mountain cedar on record occurred in 1982.

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