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Allergy sufferers, you aren’t imagining things: Anchorage’s birch pollen is sky high right now

8 May 2025

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

On Wednesday, local monitors recorded the highest pollen count in five years, an off-the-charts 963 grains per cubic meter. By comparison, a high pollen count is anything over 90. The count soared to 1,280 as of Thursday.

Anchorage Daily News / Michelle Theriault Boots

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