Pollen instead of rain
Parts of Europe and the USA are suffering from lack of rain this spring. But for car wash owners, the coating of yellow and green dust clinging to vehicles sometimes means extra revenue.
Pollen is a typical phenomenon at this time of year. “In the case of high pollen concentrations, this sometimes leads to a thin layer on cars, for example,” Roosmarijn Knol of the Dutch weather service says. Besides the amount of pollen in the air, the fact that it has been dry for weeks also plays a role. This keeps sand and dust in the air swirling around, causing an extra layer of dust on cars.”
Dirt in the air
The same goes for parts of the USA. “The last month, the pollen on the cars has been horrendous,” said Bruce Howard of Bryn Mawr Car Wash and Detail Center to 6ABC Action News, which is based in Philadelphia.
“A lot of first timers that usually don’t wash their car are coming to get the pollen off their cars,” said Howard. “It’s the lack of rain, the pollen that’s on the cars is not getting washed off, and then the dirt in the air.”
Action News Mornings meteorologist Karen Rogers says they need rain to wash the pollen away.
“It has been so dry. Since January 1, we’re at a rainfall deficit of a little over five inches in the city. We desperately need the rain,” she said and added that there could be some pop-up showers, but nothing significant is in the forecast.
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