Spring seemed to come early in much of the United States this year, and nearly everyone with seasonal allergies noticed. As climate change causes winters to be warmer and plants begin blooming earlier, studies have shown that the pollen that causes allergy symptoms has been arriving earlier than in past decades.
. Eight other states east of the Mississippi River had their second-warmest February ever, and three had their third-warmest.
NOAA reported last week that the meteorological winter’s average temperature was 2.7 degrees warmer than the 20th Century average, making it the 17th warmest meteorological winter on record. Massachusetts had its warmest winter ever, and seven states in the Northeast, Appalachia and the Upper Midwest had their second-warmest winter on-record. Another 21 states had one of their 10 warmest winters.
"Spring leaf out continues to spread north, arriving several days to weeks earlier than average in much of the Southeast, lower Midwest, and mid-Atlantic. Kansas City, MO is 9 days early, Nantucket, MA is 35 days early," the National Phenology Network. The group added that"spring bloom has also arrived in southern states, days to weeks early in the Southeast," including 22 days early in Norfolk, Va.
"Because of climate change, we're now seeing an earlier and longer growing season for plants, which of course make pollen, which is the enemy of many Americans that suffer from pollen allergies – and mold allergies as well," Lauren Casey, a meteorologist with Climate Central,
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