Air & pollen check
Today's air quality over Norwich and the pollen level in season — plain language, updated through the day.
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Today's air quality over Norwich and the pollen level in season — plain language, updated through the day.
Good The air is about as clean as it gets — no reason to change any plans.
Peak modelled counts for today. Hay fever symptoms typically start when counts pass about 50 grains/m³ — grass is the one that affects most people in the UK (May–July); birch is a spring tree pollen (March–May).
| Pollen | Level | Peak today |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | High | 88 grains/m³ |
| Birch | Low | 0 grains/m³ |
| Day | Air quality | Grass pollen |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 13 Jun | Fair | High |
| Sun 14 Jun | Fair | High |
| Mon 15 Jun | Fair | High |
| Tue 16 Jun | Fair | Low |
Early summer is grass pollen season in England, which is why this page shows pollen alongside air quality through the warmer months. The bands ('low' to 'very high') are the Met Office's own scale, so they mean the same thing here as in their forecasts.
Norwich City Council measures nitrogen dioxide and fine particles at points around the city and reports the results to government every year. Parts of the city are designated air quality management areas — maps and the annual reports are on the council's and Defra's websites.
Updated 12 June at 13:38. These are modelled estimates for the area around Norwich city centre, not readings from a street monitor — air right beside a busy road can be worse than the area-wide picture. Official forecast: uk-air.defra.gov.uk. Air quality data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), based on Copernicus CAMS.