Atlanta pollen count still high Thursday | News

ATLANTA -- Thursday's pollen count is still high, but it's lower than it's been all week.

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The pollen count for Thursday is 4,379, according to the Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic.

While this number is in the extremely high range, it is still much lower than Wednesday's 5,174 and Tuesday's record-breaking 9,369.

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Most of the pollen continues to come from trees, especially birch, mulberry, oak and pine.