Seattle

There are a couple of ways to tell it’s spring in Seattle: The cherry blossoms and flowers are blooming — and so are your allergies.

If it seems like your runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes, and all those other lovely allergy symptoms are sticking around longer every year, it’s not just you. A recent analysis by Climate Central, a climate change research group, found allergy season in the Seattle-Tacoma area has gotten about 12 days longer since 1970.