Reports Archive ⋆ Page 6 of 32 ⋆ The Real Pollen Count

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)....

19 August 2022

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...

12 August 2022

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...

5 August 2022

Summary Tree pollen levels are increasing, especially in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Grass and weed pollen counts remained low across the country and mould/fungal spores were low in all cities,...

29 July 2022

Summary Tree pollen counts are picking up as we head into the new pollen season, with high counts seen in Bloemfontein and moderate levels in Johannesburg. Fungal spore counts and...

22 July 2022

Summary Tree counts are increasing at some sites, with high counts detected in Johannesburg and moderate levels seen in Cape Town, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Weed counts were moderate in Calvinia...

15 July 2022

Summary Pollen and fungal spore counts were low across South Africa, but tree pollen increased to moderate levels in Johannesburg. Cape Town Tree, grass and weed pollen levels were very...

8 July 2022

Summary: Pollen and mould spores remained low during this mid-winter sampling period, where minimum temperatures were as low as 1ºC in some inland cities. Signs of spring were seen in...

1 July 2022

Summary Low temperatures with frost at night depressed the mould/fungal spore loads in some inland cities. In coastal cities with milder weather small peaks in airborne mould spores were noted....

24 June 2022

Summary Overall low pollen and fungal spore counts were seen. Although no new data were available for Durban, the mould counts should be moderate at this time. Cape Town Low...

17 June 2022

Summary Low levels of pollen and fungal spores were seen across South Africa. Cape Town Low levels of grass, trees and weeds were seen. The trees detected included the sumac...

10 June 2022

Summary Overall low pollen and fungal spore levels were seen across South Africa. Although no new data were available for Durban, predicted counts for this time of year show moderate...

3 June 2022

Summary Moderate fungal spore counts were seen in Cape Town and likely continued in Durban (no new data). The pollen counts in all plant categories were low. Cape Town Very...

27 May 2022

Summary Across South Africa, pollen and fungal spore levels were low during this sampling period. Moderate mould counts were recorded in Bloemfontein and Durban, and tree counts in Bloemfontein were...

20 May 2022

Summary An increase in tree pollen was seen in Cape Town, with an increase in weed pollen in Pretoria. Grass counts were moderate in Kimberley and likely similar in Bloemfontein...

13 May 2022

Summary Tree and weed pollen levels were low at all the sites. Grasses were moderate in Kimberley, Calvinia and Bloemfontein but have decreased to low levels at all the other...

Past Reports

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