Past Reports

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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6 May 2022

Summary Grass levels approached significance in Calvinia and moderate levels were recorded in Kimberley. Tree and weed levels were not significant at any of the sampling sites. Moulds were high...
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29 April 2022

Summary Moulds increased sharply in KwaZulu-Natal, following heavy rains in this subtropical climate zone. Strong spikes for ascospores and basidiospores (includes mushrooms) were seen. Pollen levels were low at all...
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22 April 2022

Summary High grass counts were recorded in Bloemfontein, with moderate grass pollen seen in Kimberley. Moderate fungal spore counts were recorded in Pretoria and Kimberley. No new data were available...
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15 April 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...
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8 April 2022

Summary Significant grass levels were seen in Bloemfontein and on sunny days in Kimberley, where frequent rain removed some pollen from the air. A greater variety of tree pollen was...
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1 April 2022

  Summary: High grass levels were recorded in Kimberley. Tree and weed counts approached significance in Cape Town. Fungal spore levels were high in Durban and counts approaching significance were...
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25 March 2022

Summary Grass counts were significant in Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Tree and weed counts were low across the country, except in Cape Town and Durban where tree levels were moderate. Durban...
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18 March 2022

Summary Fungal spore levels remain high in Kimberley and Durban, with spikes of allergenic spores present. Grass counts were moderate in Pretoria, Kimberley and likely Bloemfontein (no new data), but...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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