14 October 2022
Summary Very high tree pollen levels were recorded in Pretoria, with a large spike specifically for plane, olive and ash. Tree counts were high in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Kimberley, and moderate in Cape Town. Grasses increased to moderate levels in Kimberley and Cape Town and moderate weed counts were seen in Kimberley and Calvinia. Durban […]
29 July 2022
Summary Tree pollen counts are picking up as we head into the new pollen season, with high counts seen in Bloemfontein and moderate levels in Johannesburg. Fungal spore counts and pollen in the other plant categories remained low across the country. Cape Town All pollen types were low during this sampling period. Trees included the […]
5 August 2022
Summary Tree pollen levels are increasing, especially in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Grass and weed pollen counts remained low across the country and mould/fungal spores were low in all cities, except Durban. Cape Town Low grass, tree and weed pollen levels were seen. Tree pollen detected included the sumac family (Anacardiaceae), birch (Betulaceae), pine (Pinaceae), […]
12 August 2022
Summary Tree pollen remains high in some parts of the country. The highest counts were seen in Johannesburg, followed by Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Grasses, weeds and fungal spore levels were low across South Africa, except in Durban where moderate mould counts were recorded. Cape Town Grass levels were very low. Trees were low but varied, […]
19 August 2022
Summary High tree count alert across most of South Africa including Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban and Kimberley. Very high tree counts were also recorded in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Very high weed counts were seen in Calvinia, with moderate counts in Cape Town. Moderate grass counts were seen in Johannesburg, and moderate fungal spore counts were […]
26 August 2022
Summary High to very high tree counts were again seen across most of South Africa. This includes the cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Kimberley (moderate to high). Weed counts were very high in Calvinia, but remained low in the rest of the country. Fungal spore counts in Durban was moderate. Cape Town […]
02 September 2022
Summary Tree pollen counts remained high to very high across most of South Africa, including Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kimberley and Bloemfontein. Weed and grass pollen counts remained low, except for high weed counts likely present in Calvinia (no new data). Overall, the fungal spore counts were also low, except for moderate levels likely present […]
9 September 2022
Summary Very high tree pollen levels were seen across most of South Africa. Bloemfontein, Pretoria and Johannesburg delivered the highest counts, followed by Cape Town and Kimberley. Grass and weed counts remained low in most cities, except Cape Town and Durban where moderate counts were detected. No new data were available for Calvinia, but likely […]
16 September 2022
Summary High to very high tree pollen levels were observed across most of South Africa – especially in Bloemfontein. Grasses, weed pollen and fungal spore counts were low in most cities, except for Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, and likely Calvinia (no new data) where weed counts were moderate. Cape Town Trees were very high, especially […]
