Houston Texas Pollen and Mold Counts (October 9, 2024, to October 10, 2024)
Pollen:
- Total Tree Pollen: Dropped to 0 (from 8, -100%).
- Total Grass Pollen: Increased to 8 (from 6, +33%).
- Total Weed Pollen: Dropped sharply to 323 (from 623, -48%), largely due to a significant decline in Ambrosia (Ragweed).
Mold:
- Total Mold: Dropped to 11,856 (from 14,862, -20%), with the most notable decreases in Ascomycetes, Cladosporium, and Cercospora.
Detailed Changes:
Tree Pollen:
- Ulmus (Elm): Dropped by 6 (from 6 to 0).
- Other Tree: Dropped by 2 (from 2 to 0).
Grass Pollen:
- Increased by 2 (from 6 to 8).
Weed Pollen:
- Ambrosia (Ragweed): Dropped sharply by 306 (from 611 to 305, -50%).
- Artemisia (Sage): Increased by 2 (from 4 to 6).
- Cyperaceae (Sedge): Dropped to 0 (from 4).
- Other Weed: Increased by 8 (from 0 to 8).
Mold:
- Algae: Dropped by 24 (from 56 to 32).
- Alternaria: Dropped by 50 (from 299 to 249, -17%).
- Ascomycetes: Decreased significantly by 1,324 (from 3,037 to 1,713, -44%).
- Basidiomycetes: Increased by 219 (from 1,846 to 2,065, +12%).
- Cercospora: Dropped sharply by 480 (from 769 to 289, -62%).
- Cladosporium: Dropped by 1,276 (from 7,217 to 5,941, -18%).
- Curvularia: Dropped by 26 (from 194 to 168, -13%).
- Drechslera/Helminthosporium: Increased slightly by 4 (from 46 to 50).
- Epicoccum: Dropped by 14 (from 44 to 30, -32%).
- Nigrospora: Dropped by 8 (from 20 to 12, -40%).
- Oidium/Erysiphe (Powdery Mildew): Remained the same at 8.
- Penicillium/Aspergillus: Dropped by 109 (from 473 to 364, -23%).
- Periconia: Dropped by 48 (from 230 to 182, -21%).
- Pithomyces: Dropped by 6 (from 28 to 22, -21%).
- Rust: Dropped by 8 (from 14 to 6, -57%).
- Smuts/Myxomycete: Increased by 154 (from 552 to 706, +28%).
- Spegazinia: Remained the same at 6.
- Stemphyllium: Dropped by 8 (from 12 to 4, -67%).
- Tetraploa: Remained the same at 2.
- Torula: Dropped by 2 (from 9 to 7, -22%).
Summary:
- Houston Texas Pollen: Total pollen counts decreased significantly by 48%, driven primarily by a drop in Weed Pollen, especially Ambrosia (Ragweed). Tree pollen levels dropped to zero, while grass pollen saw a slight increase.
- Houston Texas Mold: Mold counts dropped by 20%, with significant declines in Ascomycetes, Cladosporium, and Cercospora, although Basidiomycetes and Smuts/Myxomycete showed increases.
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