Strong winds bring highest oak pollen count in years

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A cold front that moved through the area Wednesday morning, increasing our wildfire risk and bringing in wind gusts up to 44 mph, also caused a huge spike of oak pollen.
Our partners over at Allergy & Asthma Center of Georgetown measured an oak pollen count of 6,160 grains per cubic meter Wednesday morning, which lands in the "very high" category.In fact, this is the highest oak count of the season so far and three times higher than our prior highest count of 2022. Oak polle