Past Reports

Summary High grass counts were recorded in Johannesburg, with moderate levels of trees and weeds at this site. Similarly, trees and weeds were moderate in Cape Town. Low pollen counts...

Summary Bloemfontein had significantly high pollen levels due to an increase in tree pollen, as well as moderate levels of weed and grass pollen. The overall pollen count in Cape...

Summary This is the year’s last update; new pollen data will follow in January 2023. Moderate pollen levels were seen in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, with weed pollen slightly...

Summary A new site was added to the South African Pollen Monitoring Network – Potchefstroom in the North West province – which had moderate grass levels. High overall pollen counts...

Summary Overall pollen counts were high in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Pretoria. A peak in tree pollen was seen in Bloemfontein, with moderate levels also recorded in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape...

Summary Pollen counts were generally low across South Africa during this sampling week. Low to moderate levels of tree pollen were only seen in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. No new...

Summary Significant pollen counts were seen in Cape Town, with moderate levels of trees, weeds, and grasses recorded. Pollen levels in the rest of South Africa were low, except in...

Summary Pollen and fungal spore counts were low across most of South Africa. The tree, weed, and grass counts in Cape Town were moderate with moderate weed counts also recorded...

Summary Overall, pollen counts were low during this sampling week. Only grasses in Cape Town and trees in Pretoria approached significance, with fungal spores likely high in Durban (no new...

Summary The grass season is picking up in Cape Town with a peak in grass pollen detected. Elsewhere grasses were low and so were weeds – except in Bloemfontein where...

Summary Mould, grass, and weed counts were generally low across South Africa. Cape Town displayed moderate grass and weed pollen levels, with weeds similarly moderate in Calvinia and Bloemfontein. Tree...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...