Pollen Count – Dundee
In light of the current respiratory Virus COVID-19. The monitoring of Pollen and air quality has never been more important for the “at risk” portion of the UK. This public service information page will be updated weekly in Spring and daily in the Summer months.
Pollen from 12 species of plants/trees that can cause hayfever are monitored daily by The James Hutton Institute from March untill September. Air is analysed at a rate of 10 Litres per minute and the quantity of each pollen type is recorded over a 24hr period in the table bellow.
| Name | Image | Sunday 22/03/20 | Monday 23/03/20 | Tuesday 17/03/20 | Wednesday 18/03/20 | Thursday 19/03/20 | Friday 20/03/20 | Saturday 21/03/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corylus (Hazel) |
 |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alnus (Alder) |
 |
1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulmus (Elm) |
 |
7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Salix (Willow) |
 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Betula (Birch) |
 |
0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraxinus (Ash) |
 |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plantanus (Plane) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quercus (Oak) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ambrosia (Ragweed) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poaceae (Grass) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urtica (Nettle) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artemisia (Mugwart) |
 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fungal spore count | Sunday 22/03/20 | Monday 23/03/20 | Tuesday 17/03/20 | Wednesday 18/03/20 | Thursday 19/03/20 | Friday 20/03/20 | Saturday 21/03/20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Air Quality |
|
Sunday 22/03/20 | Monday 23/03/20 | Tuesday 17/03/20 | Wednesday 18/03/20 | Thursday 19/03/20 | Friday 20/03/20 | Saturday 21/03/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good |
