Table 5.
Correlation coefficients between temperature and start dates of the pollen season.
| Jan | Mar | DecJan | JanFeb | JanMar | JanApr | JanMay | JanJun | FebMar | FebApr | FebMay | FebJun | MarApr | MarMay | MarJun | AprMay | AprJun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alnus | −0.534 | −0.518 | −0.720 | ||||||||||||||
| Corylus | −0.703 | −0.658 | −0.664 | ||||||||||||||
| TaxCupr | −0.610 | −0.591 | −0.762 | −0.749 | |||||||||||||
| Fraxinus | −0.820 | −0.705 | −0.787 | ||||||||||||||
| Betula | −0.838 | −0.691 | −0.766 | ||||||||||||||
| Carpinus | −0.646 | −0.574 | −0.666 | ||||||||||||||
| Platanus | −0.645 | −0.604 | −0.576 | −0.661 | −0.662 | ||||||||||||
| Fagus | −0.685 | −0.629 | −0.667 | −0.637 | |||||||||||||
| Quercus | −0.683 | −0.646 | −0.572 | −0.717 | −0.815 | ||||||||||||
| Pinus | −0.661 | −0.729 | −0.685 | −0.753 | −0.801 | −0.811 | −0.816 | −0.724 | |||||||||
| Poaceae | −0.579 | −0.621 | −0.538 | −0.610 | −0.596 | −0.566 | −0.548 | ||||||||||
| Urticaceae | −0.516 | −0.538 | −0.551 | −0.552 |
The highest correlations with mean temperature of the monthly periods are shown. Correlation coefficients for all pollen season definitions were averaged. Correlations above |0.5| are significant with p < 0.001. Months without highly significant correlations are not listed (e.g., February).