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The pollen sensor platform collects and displays allergy and disease information (based on a U.S. ZIP code) from Pollen.com. Data measured includes:

• Indicies for allergies and cold/flu measurements
• Trends
• Current outlook
• more!

{% linkable_title Configuring the Platform %}

To integrate pollen into Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file (adjusting the monitored_conditions list to your liking):

sensor:
  platform: pollen
  zip_code: ZIP_CODE
  monitored_conditions:
    - allergy_average_forecasted
    - allergy_average_historical
    - allergy_index_today
    - allergy_index_tomorrow
    - allergy_index_yesterday
    - disease_average_forecasted

{% configuration %} zip_code: description: the U.S. ZIP code to gather data for required: true type: int monitored_conditions: description: the metric types to monitor; valid values are specified below required: true type: list {% endconfiguration %}

{% linkable_title Available Metrics %}

The following metrics can be monitored:

• Allergy Index: Forecasted Average (allergy_average_forecasted): the average forecasted allergy index over the next 5 days
• Allergy Index: Historical Average (allergy_average_historical): the average historical allergy index over the past 30 days
• Allergy Index: Today (allergy_index_today): the allergy index for today
• Allergy Index: Tomorrow (allergy_index_tomorrow): the allergy index for tomorrow
• Allergy Index: Yesterday (allergy_index_yesterday): the allergy index for yesterday
• Cold & Flu: Forecasted Average (disease_average_forecasted): the average forecasted cold/flu index over the next 5 days

{% linkable_title Understanding the Indices %}

Any index-related sensor will have a value between 0.0 and 12.0. The values map to the following human-friendly ratings:

Range	Rating
0.0 - 2.4	Low
2.5 - 4.8	Low/Medium
4.9 - 7.2	Medium
7.3 - 9.6	Medium/High
9.7 - 12.0	High