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About Pollen in Stockport

Stockport’s allergy season commences March-May with high tree pollen (Birch, Oak, Hazel) from mature woodlands in Woodbank Park, Vernon Park, and the Mersey Valley, intensified by dry, windy spring conditions. Grass pollen peaks May-July, widely dispersed from local meadows, sports fields, and riverbanks along the Mersey and Goyt.

The borough’s valley topography can trap pollen in sheltered urban green spaces, escalating local concentrations. Late-season allergies are predominantly mould spores, September-November, driven by damp, decomposing leaf litter in parks and wooded areas following autumn rainfall.

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The pollen count in Stockport today is HIGH, driven mainly by Mugwort.

HIGH
15 active species
Refreshing live forecast…
4-Day Forecast:
Morning
Grass MED
Tree LOW
Weed MED
Afternoon
Grass MED
Tree LOW
Weed HIGH
Evening
Grass LOW
Tree LOW
Weed HIGH
SpeciesLevelCount
🌿 MugwortHIGH29 grains/m³
🌿 Common RagweedHIGH16 grains/m³
🌿 Giant RagweedHIGH16 grains/m³
🌾 Grass (mixed)MED11 grains/m³
🌾 Cock's-footMED9 grains/m³
+35 more tracked
Perennial Ryegrass Timothy Grass Russian Thistle Stinging Nettle Fat Hen Pigweed Ribwort Plantain Common Sorrel Western Ragweed Sagebrush Box Elder Alder Paper Birch Silver Birch Downy Birch Australian Pine Japanese Cypress Hazel Japanese Cedar Mediterranean Cypress Bermuda Grass Ash Mountain Cedar White Mulberry Olive Pellitory-of-the-wall Upright Pellitory Parthenium Weed London Plane Black Poplar Mesquite White Oak Holm Oak English Oak Field Elm
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Last updated: 15:30 UTC
4-Day ForecastTreeGrassWeed
Tue 1 SepLOWMEDHIGH
Wed 2 SepLOWLOWMED
Thu 3 SepLOWMEDHIGH
Fri 4 SepLOWMEDHIGH

Map of Stockport (53.434992°, -2.19225°)

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LOW Symptoms are unlikely
MED Moderate risk of symptoms
HIGH Widespread symptoms likely
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X.HI Extremely high symptom likelihood & severity