After a relatively tame start to mountain cedar season due in part to environmental stress, recent counts have been noticeably higher as we approach the home stretch of the season.

San Antonio is having its lowest mountain cedar season ever.

KSAT 12 anchors Myra Arthur and Stephania Jimenez were joined by CHRISTUS Children’s pediatrician Dr. Perla Soni on this week’s edition of Doc Talk.

Cedar season lasts through mid-February, peaking in mid-January

Allergist Erika Gonzalez says officers have been busy with allergy patients since early December, but it's about to get worse.

Cedar season lasts through mid-February

Cedar season lasts through mid-February, peaking in mid-January

San Antonio is in prime location for pollen allergies from mountain cedar, Texas’ most misunderstood tree

Mountain cedar season in San Antonio lasts from December through mid-February

KSAT reports the pollen count for mountain cedar remains “high” at 7,830, an encouraging trend after it had been “very high” since the weekend. It's hard to celebrate a 'high' Mountain Cedar number, but at least it's not 'very high'! Mountain Cedar got me like pic.twitter.com/MeoGQZ8Yr5 — Joeyguti (@thebrainiyak) January 7, 2020Mountain Cedar got me dyin!!! Mountain Cedar: pic.twitter.com/m3Z0KUlg1I — Darlene, certified Himbologist™️ (@_mintxtea) January 6, 2020This mountain cedar has me like pic.twitter.com/gj9fXPz08B — Mayra Peña (@Mrs_MayraP) January 5, 2020Beautiful day in South Texas but Mountain Cedar count is 26,000! I hate mountain cedar.

KSAT Weather: Mountain Cedar ExplainedPublished: January 3, 2020, 9:43 pmKaiti Blake explains where mountain cedar comes from and why it can be so bad this time of year.