Pollen Counting

Tanana Valley Clinic provides current pollen information to allergy sufferers in the Fairbanks area during the allergy season. Pollen counts for trees, grasses, weeds and fungi will be updated two to five times per week during the allergy season depending upon activity.

For more information, please call (907) 459-3519.

	RANGE (Grains per Cubic Meter of Air p/m2)
Allergen	Low	Medium	High	Very High
Trees	<15	15 - 89	90 - 1499	>1500
Grasses	<5	5 - 19	20 - 199	>200
Weeds	<9	10 - 49	50 - 499	>500
*Mold	<6499	6500 - 12999	13000 - 49999	>50000

If the count falls within this category:	Some people may experience an allergic reaction to the pollens and molds to the extent listed.
Absent	No Symptoms
Low	Only individuals extremely sensitive to the pollens and molds will experience symptoms
Medium	Many individuals sensitive to these pollens and molds will experience problems
High	Most individuals with any sensitivity to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms
Very High	Almost all individuals with sensitivity at all to these pollens and molds will experience symptoms. Extremely sensitive people could have severe symptoms.
* These mold levels were determined based on outdoor exposure to natural occurring spores in the environment and should not be applied to indoor exposure which may represent an entirely different spectrum of spore types.
These levels and the corresponding ranges are based entirely on ecological measurement, not health effects. Because the data were from all certified counting stations, the ranges allow comparisons between sites across the country and may be more appropriate than a range based on local numbers. This does not mean that, for some stations, some categories will never be high. Because of this, a few stations have determined the ranges for their own locations and do not use these national ranges.
The above information is provided by the National Allergy BureauTM

Providing Fairbanks pollen-count information started in April 2000. It could not have been possible without the efforts of Dr. Jim Anderson, UAF, and Susan Harry, Lab Technologist at Tanana Valley Clinic. - J.Timothy Foote, MD

Pollen count provided by TVC Allergy & Asthma Department	July 21, 2023

TREES
Alder	Absent
Willow	Absent
Poplar/Cottonwood/Aspen	Absent
Birch	Absent
Spruce/ Pine	Absent
Chokecherry	Absent
Tamarack	Absent

GRASSES
Grass	2 Low
Sedge	Absent

Weed	Absent


Miscellaneous	Absent


Mold	2785 (Low)

TVC Pollen…

Pollen count provided by TVC Allergy & Asthma Department	July 19, 2023

TREES
Alder	Absent
Willow	Absent
Poplar/Cottonwood/Aspen	Absent
Birch	Absent
Spruce/ Pine	Absent
Chokecherry	Absent
Tamarack	Absent

GRASSES
Grass	4 Low
Sedge	Absent

Weed	Absent


Miscellaneous	Absent


Mold	2135 (Low)

TVC Pollen…

Pollen count provided by TVC Allergy & Asthma Department	July 17,, 2023

TREES
Alder	Absent
Willow	Absent
Poplar/Cottonwood/Aspen	Absent
Birch	Absent
Spruce/ Pine	Absent
Chokecherry	Absent
Tamarack	Absent

GRASSES
Grass	8 Medium
Sedge	Absent

Weed	Absent


Miscellaneous	Absent


Mold	1602 (Low)

TVC Pollen…

Pollen count provided by TVC Allergy & Asthma Department	June 30, 2023

TREES
Alder	Absent
Willow	Absent
Poplar/Cottonwood/Aspen	Absent
Birch	1 (Low)
Spruce/ Pine	1 (Low)
Chokecherry	Absent
Tamarack	Absent

GRASSES
Grass	Absent
Sedge	Absent

Weed	Absent


Miscellaneous	Absent


Mold	1835 (Low)

TVC Pollen…

Pollen count provided by TVC Allergy & Asthma Department	June 28, 2023

TREES
Alder	1 (Low)
Willow	Absent
Poplar/Cottonwood/Aspen	Absent
Birch	Absent
Spruce/ Pine	2 (Low)
Chokecherry	Absent
Tamarack	Absent

GRASSES
Grass	1 (Low)
Sedge	Absent

Weed	Absent


Miscellaneous	Absent


Mold	872 (Low)

TVC Pollen…

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