# Atlanta has worst Pollen count nationally? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-has-worst-pollen-count-nationally/166517 "2003-04-04T18:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-has-worst-pollen-count-nationally/166517/1 "2003-04-04T18:55:22Z")
Someone was telling me Atlanta is home to the worst pollen count in the US. Is this true? I couldn’t find out where statistics were compared through google or [weather.com](http://weather.com) but I’m rather curious. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-has-worst-pollen-count-nationally/166517/2 "2003-04-04T19:12:44Z")
I have heard that before but have no cite. [Here](http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/Atlpollen1.html) is a graph showing Atlanta pollen counts for the last few years, if that helps any. Any pollen count over 120 is considered “extremely high”. Today’s pollen count is 4777. :rolleyes: [Pollen counts from the Atlanta Allergy Clinic](http://www.atlallergy.com/pollencount.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-has-worst-pollen-count-nationally/166517/3 "2003-04-04T19:24:59Z")
IIRC, the pollen count went over 8000 one day a few years back. The price we pay, I suppose, for being “The City in a Forest.”