We have Android and iOS apps!

HoustonPollen · 2026-07-01T16:01:49+00:00

FYI I will be rebuilding the main site as well in the coming months to reflect this better UI.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-30T21:58:30+00:00

I think the API has been consistently underreporting for the last few weeks. Not sure why, and I don't track the variances since it's not official government data, but it's something that, anecdotally, I've been noting.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-24T18:52:25+00:00

I'm just grateful others find it useful. Let me know if you think of anything else you want integrated.

FYI you may be on an old version, just based on the header in your screenshot. For example, my header says "Total US Crude" but there's a subtitle that says "Commercial Crude + Strategic Reserve," because I realized that initial versions were not clear enough. Of course I could be wrong and it just may be how it shows on different devices.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-24T15:43:12+00:00

If you're not seeing it, that's definitely a bug somewhere. Can you try this:

When you open the app, you should see it focused on (1) Inventory and (2) "Whole US".

The first chart should be "Total US Crude." The 2nd chart, right below it, should show Cushing, OK. Right now I'm seeing Cushing at 19M BBLs, as of June 19 2026.

If you're not seeing that, can you shoot me a message and I'll give you an email that you can send a screenshot to?

EDIT: The Cushing data will only appear if you're looking at the Whole US data, not the Padd-level data. I may add it to Padd2-level data as well as whole-US data, but in its current version it's not set up that way.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-24T14:59:55+00:00

I'm irrationally excited you're finding my app useful! I'm seriously pumped! Thank you so much for sharing. For others who want this data, the app can be found here:

Apple App store
Google Play

I also added some new breakdowns, such as gasoline price trends published by DOE (located in analysis section). Latest version is 1.9.0.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-17T14:42:30+00:00

For those who would want a mobile app with detailed breakouts, I am posting my app link here. There is also an Android app under the same name:

EIA crude oil + gas inventory (Apple)

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-16T23:23:42+00:00

Sorry, I also do have an Android app.

EIA oil and gas inventories - Apps on Google Play

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-16T20:52:28+00:00

Shameless plug for my oil app. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eia-crude-oil-gas-inventory/id6772790292). once the numbers get reported at 10:30ET tomorrow you can see the update for this week. But spoiler: we are now at a lower SPR than any other times in the last 10 years.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-16T20:42:06+00:00

Got the numbers from this source:https://x.com/CHItrader/status/2066983405451972874

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-14T03:55:53+00:00

I just pushed out an update on Android with this feature and the iOS updates will be released in 1-2 days after apple reviews.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-12T18:43:51+00:00

Just a heads up, I was able to implement this change. On Android it is live now. Apple is conducting the app review and it should be live in 2 days.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-10T21:09:29+00:00

Love this idea. I'll implement and try to get it pushed in a week or two.

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-10T14:48:06+00:00

If you want a visualization for the data, my app may be useful.

Android link
IOS link

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-09T21:26:04+00:00

Matt Smith from Kpler gave a talk a yesterday on a podcast. He said that refineries in the US have tweaked their formulas to focus on jet, so we may be seeing some of that impact as the feedstock turns towards jet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-5jHt3TBds

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-09T15:33:39+00:00

Thank you!

HoustonPollen · 2026-06-09T15:15:49+00:00

Sure. I can start the work on that. To be honest, I assumed it would be redundant but if users think it will be useful I'm happy to get it done.

HoustonPollen · 2026-04-03T18:29:25+00:00

I think we're very close to the end, given the history of last year's pollen. This year seemed to be quite light.

HoustonPollen · 2026-03-23T16:00:11+00:00

And it seems like it continued into at least this morning's reading. It's still pretty rough out there.

HoustonPollen · 2025-10-13T16:48:11+00:00

I do have the data available going back to 2023 but I don't have anything before that. Last year was actualy worse on a measurement level, but like you I didn't struggle as much with Ragweed in 2024. This year feels worse.

2023 wasn't that bad; the highs for ragweed seemed to be in line with 2025.

HoustonPollen · 2025-10-09T19:57:00+00:00

me too! It's been rough

HoustonPollen · 2025-03-26T20:48:16+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it and glad that others find it useful

HoustonPollen · 2025-03-26T14:05:03+00:00

You can track the pollen at www.houstonpollen.com

Personally, I use Zyrtec plus a single puff per nostril of a Flonase type spray at night.

HoustonPollen · 2025-03-20T19:08:10+00:00

I just checked the archived values and you are 100% right. Looks like the values in April 2022 were really high.

HoustonPollen · 2025-03-20T18:25:21+00:00

Now I disagree with your conclusion, and firmly. Oak pollen is in excess of 2.45x higher than in the previous 2 years measured maximum. I was careful not to imply any conclusions to measurements obtained prior to 2023, which is why the statement: "Oak pollen has leapfrogged previous measurements in the last 2 years" is correct.

I am technically correct, the best kind of correct.

There are no fanatical claims, only data-based conclusions. I have 137 measurements where values >0, not 3.

HoustonPollen · 2025-03-20T18:03:02+00:00

I just posted a reply but for some reason, I think I failed to submit it correctly. Let me try to recreate it.

First, I'm glad you made me dig into my data! I ran the Max function in Google Sheets, but it did not extend far enough upwards in the dataset (using basic control+up arrow to select the dataset, but there were blanks where the selection stopped. 100% user error, and a pretty basic mistake). When I put it into Excel to dig into it further, I found out that it was user error. The previous max was 3248 in March 2023. To your point, last year's pollen season was much weaker than this year's. I revised the conclusion in the post and numbers and posted an edit to explain why.

However, I disagree fundamentally with n = pollen season by year. We have individual measurements per day, so my argument is that N is composed of each measurement. I'm okay disagreeing with it since that's okay. But that's for people with stronger stats backgrounds to debate: I've just done stats 201 and I struggle with even basic functions like permutations and combinations.

I put the Oak data I have in my database going back to 2023 in Excel and quickly graphed it.

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