Pine pollen has finally stopped falling in central North Carolina and you can sit on your patio in a pair of navy-blue shorts without looking like you fell into a glazed lemon pound cake. Except ...

"For pine pollen this year in Saskatoon, it's similar to last year. We've had a couple of days close to 500 grains per cubic metre, which is very high," he says.

But, Dr. Camellia Hernandez, the clinical director for the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, says pine is not the only pollen causing problems right now.

Pine pollen has been so thick in Spring 2025 that black asphalt looks like it’s been dusted with snow. Pine pollen peaked on March 31 and should all but disappear within seven days.