21 October 2022
Summary Tree counts remain high in Pretoria, with elevated levels also seen in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Cape Town. Grass counts in Cape Town and Kimberley were moderate, with moderate weed counts seen in Bloemfontein and Kimberley. Fungal spore levels were not significant at any sites. Cape Town Grasses were moderate. Trees were generally not […]
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 […]
7 October 2022
Summary Tree counts were high to very high in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Moderate tree counts were detected in Calvinia (elevated mesquite counts) and also in Bloemfontein. Weed and grass pollen was generally low, except for moderate grasses detected in Cape Town and moderate weed levels in Gqeberha. Fungal spores were low across South […]
30 September 2022
Overall Summary Tree pollen was still high in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Cape Town, but is low to moderate in all other areas. Grasses were low throughout the country but moderate in Calvinia. Weeds pollen was uniformly low, but moderate in Cape Town. High mould levels were seen in Durban only. Cape Town High tree counts, […]
23 September 2022
Summary High to very high tree counts were observed in Cape Town, the Gauteng province, and likely also in Bloemfontein and Kimberley – based on last week’s data. Grass counts were high in Calvinia and trees were moderate. Grass and weed counts were moderate in Cape Town and weeds were likely also moderate in Bloemfontein […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
