Past Reports

Cape Town Grass and tree levels were very low. Tree types detected included gum and cypress.  Winter flowering cypress trees are beginning their pollen release cycle. Weed levels were low,...

Cape Town Heavy rain and low temperatures reduced the fungal and pollen levels. Snow lay thickly on some Cape mountains. The few tree pollen types detected were cypress, gum and...

Cape Town The grass pollen level was low. In the tree categor,  low levels of cypress, gum, pine and Casuarina were detected. Weeds consisting of the daisy family and nettles...

Cape Town Grasses were very low during this sampling period. Low levels of tree pollen included gum, olive and willow. Only the daisy family and Stoebe represented weed pollen in...

Cape Town Grass levels were low, tree (gum and pine) were very low and the low weed levels contained only goosefoot. All moulds were low during the sampling period but...

Cape Town Grass levels were very low. Tree pollen, including cypress and gum was also low. Low weed levels included Stoebe, an indigenous shrub, goosefoot and Erica. Moulds were very...

Cape Town The grass levels were low, as were trees. Tree types were Tilia (linden) cypress, eucalyptus and weeds, which included goosefoot, ferns and the daisy family and the indigenous...

Cape Town Tree levels were low and only cypress and eucalyptus pollen was detected. Grasses were similarly low. Weed levels were low and consisted of daisy, goosefoot and waxberry. Mould...

Cape Town Grass pollen levels were very low during this period. Trees were similarly low and only white stinkwood (Celtis) was detected. Weeds were also low, consisting of goosefoot and...

Cape Town All pollen and mould types were low at this sampling site. Trees were low and were represented only by pine and waxberry. Weeds were similarly low and included...

Cape Town This week’s assessment is modelled on 10 years of archived readings. Grass counts are low at this time of year as are trees and weeds. Tree types include...

Cape Town The levels for this week were modelled on 10 years of archived data and current weather patterns. Grasses were low, tree pollen was low and included the types;...

Cape Town Low grass counts were detected during this sampling week. Tree levels were low and included white stinkwood and pine. Weed levels were also low and the types identified...

Cape Town No grass pollen was detected. Tree pollen concentrations were low and included white stinkwood and pine. No weed pollen was detected. Moulds were low. Johannesburg Grass concentrations were...

Cape Town Grasses were very low. Trees were low and only Casuarina and eucalyptus were detected. Weeds were low and included: goosefoot, erica and ferns. Mould levels were very low....

Cape Town Low levels were detected for grasses, extremely low levels for trees (one pollen grain for eucalyptus) and no weed pollen. Fungal spore levels were also low, but after...

  Cape Town Grass, tree (Casuarina and cypress) were low. Weed levels (English Plantain and fern) were also low and fungal spore levels were extremely low during this protracted, hot,...

Cape Town Low fungal spores, grasses, trees and weeds were seen during this hot, dry sampling week. The tree pollen was mostly eucalyptus which is insect pollinated but these trees...

Kimberley Pollen levels remained very low and low grass, tree (olive and Casuarina) and weeds (ferns) were seen. Mould levels were low. The fungal spore (mould),Alternaria , increased after slight...

Kimberley All mould and pollen levels were very low during this sampling period of high temperatures and no rain. Only grass pollen was seen. 45 mm rain fell immediately after...

Kimberley The pollen count was very low during this sampling period. Very low levels of grasses but no tree or weed pollen were detected. The mould levels were low but...

Kimberley Moulds increased following heavy rain during this sampling period. Significant levels were seen for Alternaria and the Cladosporium count remained below the threshold but increased. Grasses and trees were...

Kimberley The overall mould load was low, but 24 mm rain at the beginning of the sampling week was followed by a significant level for the allergenic fungal spore Alternaria....