11 March 2022
Summary Grass levels have decreased across the country, as moderate counts were only seen in Kimberley and Bloemfontein during this sampling period. Tree pollen was moderate in Cape Town and Durban, while moderate weed counts were detected in Cape Town and Bloemfontein. Fungal spore counts in Durban continue to be significant. Cape Town Grass counts […]
4 March 2022
Summary Grass levels remain significant in the summer rainfall areas, with very high counts recorded in Kimberley. Tree pollen counts approached significance in Cape Town and the weed pollen in Bloemfontein was also above the moderate threshold. Mould counts likely remained high in Durban (no new data) and peaks for the allergenic spores, Cladosporium and […]
25 February 2022
Summary Durban had very high fungal spore counts. Grass pollen counts have decreased across the country, but moderate levels are still present in the summer rainfall areas. Weed and tree counts were generally low, with weeds increasing to moderate levels in Cape Town. Cape Town Grass and tree pollen counts were low, with weed pollen […]
18 February 2022
Summary Grass levels continue to be significant in the summer rainfall cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Kimberley. Tree pollen remained low across the country and weed counts approached significance only in Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Pretoria and Durban both had significant fungal spore levels. Cape Town Grass counts were insignificant. Tree pollen included the sumac or […]
11 February 2022
Summary A new monitoring site was added to the South African Pollen Monitoring Network: Calvinia in the Northern Cape. Grass and fungal spore counts were high in the summer rainfall areas, with Pretoria having the highest grass count in the country and the highest fungal spore levels were found in Kimberley. Tree and weed pollen […]
4 February 2022
Summary Grass levels continue to be at significant in the summer rainfall areas of South Africa and are currently the highest in Kimberley, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Very little tree pollen was detected across all the sampling sites. Weed pollen was also scarce but the autumn flowering weeds are appearing. Moulds increased in Durban and Gqeberha, […]
28 January 2022
Summary High grass pollen levels continue in the summer rainfall areas of South Africa, with very high counts seen in Kimberley. Tree counts increased in Pretoria due to a peak in gum tree pollen, but low tree and weed counts were seen in the rest of the country. Similarly, mould counts were low across all […]
21 January 2022
Summary Significant grass pollen levels were recorded in the summer rainfall regions of South Africa, with Kimberley showing the highest overall counts. Pollen from in the trees and weeds categories were low to moderate across the country, with low to moderate fungal spore counts also detected at some sites. Cape Town Grass, tree and weed […]
14 January 2022
Summary Grass pollen counts were moderate to high at some summer rainfall sampling sites, with other pollen types in the trees and weeds categories remaining low to moderate across the country. Durban had high levels of fungal spores this week, but low counts were recorded in the other cities. Cape Town No significant levels were […]
