26 January 2024
Summary Grass pollen is increasing in several summer rainfall regions. Tree pollen was moderate in Bloemfontein and spikes were seen for elm in Potchefstroom. In Durban, ragweed is appearing and...
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19 January 2024
Pollen Alerts Grasses have increased in Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Bloemfontein and Durban and may pose a risk to grass sensitive individuals. Moulds/fungal spores are high in Durban and George. Cape...
12 January 2024
Summary Increases in grass and weed pollen are seen at this time of year after the rains. Moulds increase in some coastal areas. Cape Town Tree, weed and grass pollen...
5 January 2023
The pollen report will resume next week, 12 January. Archived data show the following: Low tree and weed counts throughout the country at this time of year. High mould/fungal spores...
22 December 2023
Many pollen sampling sites are closed so this website will be paused until sampling starts again in January. The sites that were read this week are Cape Town, Durban and...
15 December 2023
Summary Small spikes were seen for tree pollen at some sites and moulds have increased in Durban after considerable rain. Cape Town Pollen and moulds were found in low concentrations....
8 December 2023
Summary Moderate grass counts were detected in Gqeberha. Tree and weed pollen was not significant and moulds were low at all the sites except Durban, which has subtropical climate. Cape...
1 December 2023
Summary Grass is low in the winter rainfall city of Cape Town but increasing in the summer rainfall areas. Spikes for fungal spores are appearing as temperatures increase and a...
24 November 2023
Summary Mould concentrations are low at all sites except Durban where they were moderate to high . Tree pollen is disappearing from the air, but grasses are increasing at sites...
17 November 2023
Cape Town Pollen counts decreased sharply during this warm, dry and windy week. Grasses, trees and weeds were all low. Trees detected included ash (Fraxinus), cypress (Cupressaceae), olive (Oleaceae), pine...
9 November 2023
Summary Grass pollen was high on warm still days in Cape Town but low in all other sampled cities. Tree pollen is moderate in Pretoria only and weeds were low...
3 November 2023
Summary The only significant pollen concentrations were moderate grass counts seen in Cape Town. Smaller spikes were noted for English plantain and moulds were low at all sampling sites except...
27 October 2023
Summary Grasses were moderate in Cape Town and moulds were moderate in Durban and George. Tree and weed pollen concentrations were low at all the sampling sites. Cape Town: Grasses...
20 October 2023
Summary Cape Town has moderate grass, weed and Alternaria (mould) counts. Trees are moderate in Bloemfontein and moulds were moderate in George. Cape Town Tree pollen increased as pine (Pinaceae)...
13 October 2023
Summary On days without rain grass pollen is now high in the Cape Town winter rainfall area and in Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom tree pollen was also high. Cape...
6 September 2023
Summary Tree pollen is waning but a variety spring flowering trees are still well represented in the air. Grasses are increasing in the winter rainfall areas and veld fires have...
29 September 2023
Summary The low pressure area that moved into the country, during this sampling week reduced pollen and mould in the air but moderate to high tree concentrations were seen on...
22 September 2023
Summary The low temperatures with snow on high lying ground have reduced pollen loads in the air, but tree pollen is still high in Bloemfontein and Potchefstroom. Cape Town Heavy...
16 September 2023
Tree pollen is high in Gauteng and the Free State and plane is the dominant tree. Rain has reduced all pollen in the atmosphere in coastal areas especially in the...
8 September 2023
Tree pollen increased in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Pretoria and Potchefstroom. Rain diminished the pollen concentrations in Cape Town. The dominant trees are plane, mulberry, olive, ash, and African stinkwood. Grasses, weeds...
1 September 2023
High tree pollen concentrations were seen at several sites and the dominant tree was plane, followed by cypress, beech and mulberry. Cape Town Grasses were generally low but on the...
25 August 2023
Tree pollen is high at many sites and plane tree is now the dominant pollen. The Cape grass season has started early (27 August) after heavy winter rainfall in this...
18 August 2023
Tree counts were moderate to high at most SA sampling sites and the dominate tree pollen was cypress. Cape Town Rain removed pollen and fungal spores from the atmosphere during...
11 August 2023
Tree pollen has increased to moderate or high levels at most of the sites and the dominant tree is cypress. Grasses and weeds were very low. Cape Town Repeat of...
