Allergies & Pollen Count for Los Lunas, New Mexico
4.8Low-Medium
Top Allergens:
Grass, Chenopods, Sagebrush/Sage
Discussion
Based on past pollen counts and expected weather conditions, pollen levels for Saturday will be falling in the low range. Since the weather has a major influence on pollen dispersal, this decrease is due in part to rising humidity, weakening winds and expected precipitation in the evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air.
Allergy Facts
Scientists believe that ragweed originated in South America at the foothills of the Andes Mountains. From there it spread through Central America and into the United States and Canada.