Table 6 Spearman rank correlation coefficients between the selected Birch pollen season parameters and the average March temperature at the studied stations in 2001–2020.

From: Possible implications of the variability of the most allergenic plant pollen seasons in Poland

Season parameter

Szczecin

Poznań

Wrocław

Sosnowiec

Kraków

Rzeszów

Łódź

Lublin

Start

-0.699*

-0.678*

-0.789*

-0.522*

-0.615*

-0.696*

-0.657*

-0.667*

Duration

0.591*

0.430

0.472*

0.255

0.068

0.518*

0.473*

0.247

SPIn

0.186

0.239

0.193

-0.108

0.293

-0.080

0.169

0.268

Max day

-0.444*

-0.406

-0.585*

-0.420

-0.476*

-0.402

-0.443

-0.477*

  1. *Statistically significant with p < 0.05.