The Met Office has issued a red alert warning as pollen levels are expected to be ‘very high’ this weekend.
Eight out of nine regions in England will see the highest pollen alert level today, according to an interactive tool on the Met Office website.
The north east of England is the only region where pollen levels will be amber. or ‘high’ on Saturday.
Sunday will see most of the UK facing medium or high alerts, while very high warnings will remain in place for London and the South East of England, the East, the West Midlands and the East Midlands.
Northern Scotland, meanwhile, will be on a low alert for pollen tomorrow.
Medium and high alerts will remain next week.
On Wednesday, most of the UK will be on high alerts, except for the Scottish Highlands region and Yorkshire & Humber.
West Midlands, however, will remain on a red alert for pollen levels.
The Met Office has issued a red alert warning as pollen levels are expected to be ‘very high’ this weekend. Map shows pollen forecast for Monday
The pollen comes after the UK saw temperatures soar this week
People enjoy the warm and sunny weather on Bournemouth Beach on Friday, April 11
The weather service predicts pollen counts using specialised instruments combined with data about the weather, which can have a big effect on the production, distribution and dispersion of pollen.
‘Hay fever symptoms usually appear when the pollen count, which is a measure of the number of grains of pollen in one cubic metre of air, exceeds 50,’ it says.
‘A count of 50 pollen grains or less is considered low whilst anything above 1,000 is deemed high.’
Met Office’s online pollen forecast continuously provides a snapshot of pollen forecasts for five days ahead across the whole of the UK.
The pollen warning comes as temperatures across the UK are set to drop after they were in the twenties on Friday.
London enjoyed a temperature of 22C yesterday afternoon, according to the Met Office, while parts of the southeast and southwest basked in 20C sunshine.
The temperatures have been considerably higher than the average of around 13C for this time of the year.
But the warmer weather has been short-lived, with the Met Office forecasting temperatures to drop below 20C today.
A person paraglides over the cliffs above Boscombe beach in Dorset, in spring sunshine. Picture date: Thursday April 10, 2025
The further south you live, the more likely you are to suffer from ‘medium’, ‘high’ or even ‘very high’ pollen levels in the air
Most people are allergic to grass pollen, which is common in late spring and early summer, but there’s also tree pollen and weed pollen (file photo)
The Met Office has forecasted temperatures to drop below 20C today after the UK enjoyed a week of glorious sunshine
The temperature in London on Sunday is expected to reach a high of 19C, but it will get as cold as 10C in some parts of Scotland
Wednesday will see the coldest temperatures across the UK as a whole, with the maximum temperature for London forecasted to be 13C
Miniature pony in the mornings sun. Seasonal weather, Dunsden, Oxfordshire, UK – 08 Apr 2025
People enjoy their lunch in the sunshine in London’s Canary Wharf business district on April 7, 2025 in London, England
A woman walks along a footpath with views of Windsor Castle across a field of rapeseed flowers in Eton, Windsor, Berkshire on another beautiful warm sunny morning Seasonal Weather, Warm Sunshine, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire, UK – 07 Apr 2025
A man jogging in the morning sunshine along Putney riverside , south London in the morning sunshine warm weather continues Seasonal Weather, Putney, London, United Kingdom
At 1pm today, London’s twhile the temperature in Manchester will hit a high of 19C.
South West England and Wales, meanwhile, expect a maximum temperature of 14C.
In northern Scotland, the temperature is expected to plunge to 10C.
The temperature across the UK on Sunday will be even lower.
London will experience a maximum temperature of 16C, while areas of Wales and Northern Ireland will drop to 10C or lower.
Areas of Scotland will reach a high of 11C, but it will get as cold as 8C further north.
Wednesday will see the coldest temperatures across the UK as a whole, with the maximum temperature for London forecasted to be 13C.
