25 November 2022
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...
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18 November 2022
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...
11 November 2022
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...
4 November 2022
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...
28 October 2022
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...
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...