Grass Pollen Count in Medicine Hat, AB — Today
Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
Pollen by type in Medicine Hat
What is the grass pollen count in Medicine Hat today?
The Medicine Hat grass pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low
Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.
Grass pollen is the dominant allergen in Medicine Hat today. See the full Medicine Hat pollen count for the overall index and every type together.
Medicine Hat is in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Its population is 63,138 (GeoNames).
Medicine Hat Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast
| Day | Overall index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 5 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 5 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 5 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 5 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 5 | Low |
Pollen Atlas models the daily detail as an overall index: day-by-day splits by individual pollen type are not part of the modelled data, so this table shows Medicine Hat’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.
Species driving Medicine Hat’s grass pollen
The modelled data reports grass as one combined index — there is no species-by-species split for grass anywhere in the data, so this page does not invent one. Today’s modelled grass index for Medicine Hat is 0.6 (Low), and the 5-day overall trend above shows the shape of the week.
As regional context only — not as today’s readings — in the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer ragweed.
Plants affecting Medicine Hat now — grass pollen
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Medicine Hat. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today.
In the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer ragweed — named here as regional context only, not as today’s readings.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
What this grass pollen level means
Low risk. Keep windows open; consider allergy meds only if sensitive.
Enjoy outdoor activities.
Prairie grasses take over in late May and hold the summer. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the South-Central Plains pattern, so today’s grass pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. No Alberta allergy season guide is published yet, so the seasonal context here follows the South-Central Plains regional pattern.
Medicine Hat allergies today
Medicine Hat allergies today are set by the same reading as the Medicine Hat pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 5 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Medicine Hat allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Medicine Hat.
Allergies in Medicine Hat follow the Alberta calendar set out on the full Medicine Hat page — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Medicine Hat before heading outdoors, the grass pollen split on this page is the part to read: it shows whether this pollen type is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day overall trend above as the Medicine Hat allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether Medicine Hat allergies are set to ease or build across the week, day by day — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the overall index steps down, not just today.
See the full Medicine Hat pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context
Medicine Hat tree pollen count
Medicine Hat ragweed pollen count
See how Medicine Hat ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today
See Medicine Hat on the pollen map
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory
Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).