Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of pollen distribution from 2008–2015; Average annual season length and range based on all three types of pollen combined; a missing pollen days calculated based on days within the entire pollen season; b Total number of days over the entire study period in ‘low’ (L), ‘moderate’ (M), ‘moderately high’ (MH), ‘high’ (H) and ‘very high’ (VH) categories are based on daily pollen concentrations (grains/m3): (tree pollen: 90–250, 250–1500, > 1500; grass pollen: 19–50, 50–100, > 100; weed pollen: 50–100, 100–250, > 250). Table cells in grey indicate very low prevalence of the type of pollen if number of days in ‘high’ pollen category were < = 10 days during the entire study period
Location | Average (range) annual pollen season length (days) | Missing pollen (% of days) a | Number of Tree pollen days b | Number of Grass pollen days b | Number of Weed pollen days b | ||||||||||||
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L | M | MH | H | VH | L | M | MH | H | VH | L | M | MH | H | VH | |||
Atlanta, GA | 282 (272,302) | 28 | 1368 | 334 | 149 | 132 | 68 | 1809 | 208 | 34 | . | . | 1723 | 274 | 43 | 11 | . |
Austin, TX | 312 (306,327) | 30 | 1147 | 358 | 145 | 196 | 93 | 1590 | 301 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 1704 | 170 | 44 | 60 | . |
Baltimore, MD | 209 (195,229) | 6 | 1389 | 163 | 87 | 122 | 34 | 1268 | 308 | 102 | 74 | 41 | 1572 | 171 | 44 | 8 | . |
Chicago, IL | 181 (167,206) | 30 | 740 | 212 | 123 | 53 | 6 | 770 | 266 | 84 | 14 | . | 619 | 409 | 81 | 24 | 1 |
College Station, TX | 308 (294,317) | 27 | 1453 | 271 | 125 | 190 | 51 | 1634 | 328 | 94 | 22 | 17 | 1612 | 300 | 81 | 89 | 13 |
Colorado Springs, CO | 233 (224,247) | 9 | 965 | 449 | 302 | 152 | 2 | 1188 | 518 | 135 | 23 | 6 | 1143 | 500 | 139 | 85 | 3 |
Dayton, OH | 251 (235,285) | 32 | 1360 | 237 | 120 | 173 | 35 | 1482 | 306 | 104 | 23 | 10 | 1609 | 210 | 47 | 59 | . |
Erie, PA | 173 (165,190) | 38 | 611 | 128 | 90 | 135 | 20 | 684 | 234 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 692 | 219 | 52 | 21 | . |
Eugene, OR | 279 (224,344) | 35 | 951 | 400 | 176 | 84 | 3 | 995 | 272 | 99 | 69 | 177 | 1571 | 44 | . | . | . |
Houston, TX | 320 (314,323) | 34 | 700 | 207 | 91 | 135 | 44 | 741 | 316 | 95 | 21 | 6 | 852 | 162 | 54 | 80 | 30 |
Kansas City, MO | 240 (224,254) | 31 | 868 | 143 | 106 | 193 | 75 | 598 | 424 | 195 | 81 | 89 | 780 | 311 | 82 | 155 | 60 |
Louisville, KY | 242 (228,269) | 2 | 2200 | 219 | 174 | 230 | 16 | 2449 | 239 | 109 | 31 | 11 | 2401 | 244 | 110 | 84 | . |
Madison, WI | 186 (161,217) | 46 | 632 | 111 | 83 | 107 | 10 | 789 | 101 | 48 | 5 | . | 553 | 222 | 87 | 80 | 1 |
Minneapolis, MN | 197 (179,216) | 22 | 662 | 106 | 81 | 128 | 38 | 823 | 137 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 616 | 252 | 88 | 58 | 1 |
Waterbury, CT | 171 (169,182) | 31 | 613 | 126 | 84 | 140 | 42 | 901 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 883 | 113 | 9 | . | . |
Oklahoma City, OK | 318 (269,327) | 33 | 1007 | 314 | 192 | 225 | 60 | 955 | 392 | 305 | 124 | 26 | 1142 | 389 | 68 | 188 | 19 |
Omaha, NE | 231 (218,250) | 4 | 1523 | 214 | 167 | 164 | 43 | 1600 | 364 | 109 | 29 | 10 | 1349 | 381 | 143 | 231 | 8 |
Rochester, NY | 191 (175,211) | 30 | 729 | 137 | 167 | 151 | 2 | 821 | 198 | 113 | 40 | 14 | 846 | 173 | 54 | 113 | . |
Saint Louis, MO | 261 (240,280) | 30 | 1488 | 175 | 114 | 148 | 65 | 1694 | 178 | 75 | 27 | 16 | 1405 | 392 | 106 | 87 | . |
Salt Lake City, UT | 221 (211,236) | 37 | 874 | 227 | 69 | 38 | 2 | 923 | 235 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 754 | 387 | 63 | 6 | . |
San Antonio, TX | 306 (205,328) | 9 | 992 | 446 | 160 | 151 | 44 | 995 | 664 | 157 | 4 | . | 957 | 608 | 125 | 126 | 4 |
San Jose, CA | 321 (228,333) | 17 | 1150 | 790 | 295 | 136 | 7 | 2015 | 240 | 66 | 30 | 30 | 2184 | 179 | 17 | 2 | . |
Seattle, WA | 187 (171,210) | 6 | 658 | 514 | 231 | 181 | 19 | 1233 | 262 | 98 | 10 | . | 1451 | 141 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Springfield, MO | 229 (224,233) | 31 | 669 | 133 | 82 | 107 | 16 | 502 | 359 | 101 | 21 | 23 | 460 | 413 | 72 | 62 | . |
Tulsa, OK | 294 (252,314) | 53 | 802 | 156 | 119 | 135 | 52 | 734 | 270 | 166 | 65 | 24 | 877 | 200 | 37 | 117 | 32 |
Waco, TX | 330 (328,333) | 30 | 507 | 353 | 336 | 571 | 72 | 1269 | 232 | 193 | 112 | 130 | 1364 | 176 | 89 | 219 | 88 |
Washington, DC | 236 (212,254) | 36 | 1191 | 162 | 120 | 163 | 25 | 1365 | 241 | 47 | 8 | . | 1457 | 195 | 9 | . | . |
York, PA | 204 (192,217) | 33 | 801 | 172 | 114 | 150 | 19 | 1032 | 125 | 59 | 33 | 7 | 975 | 237 | 30 | 14 | . |