Metlakatla, AK Pollen Count Today

What is the Metlakatla pollen count today?

The Metlakatla pollen count today is 8 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Metlakatla: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Metlakatla allergies today

Metlakatla allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 8 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Metlakatla allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Metlakatla.

Allergies in Metlakatla follow the Alaska calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Metlakatla before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.

Read the five-day table on this page as the Metlakatla allergy forecast: today reads 8 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Metlakatla allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.

In practice, the allergy count Metlakatla today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Metlakatla allergy count today is 8 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Metlakatla: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Metlakatla’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 8 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Metlakatla

• Metlakatla tree pollen count
• Metlakatla grass pollen count
• Metlakatla ragweed pollen count

What is driving Metlakatla’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 8 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 9 (Low on its own scale) — about 41% of the four category readings added together, level with weed pollen at 9. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Alaska grass chapter runs July to July — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.

Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Metlakatla, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Alaska guide’s account of Alaska names paper birch, dominating a compressed May peak, with alder and cottonwood opening for it — the pollens behind readings of this shape in this state — and the split shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying.

Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 6 to 8, never changing band. Today’s 8 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 7.2 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Metlakatla now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Metlakatla were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.

Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 4 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 9 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 9 (Low).

In the Alaska pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are paper birch above all, with alder and cottonwood opening for it, spruce following, and a brief July grass peak — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.

Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.

Metlakatla pollen through the year

Chapter by chapter, the Metlakatla pollen year runs like this:

• Cottonwood, poplar and aspen stir in late April or early May, birch and alder peak in mid-May, and spruce carries late May into June.
• Grass owns July alone, a brief peak after the tree burst.
• There is no ragweed chapter at these latitudes — ragweed is essentially absent, and the late window belongs to mold.
• Mold closes the show into September, rising from decaying boreal vegetation — and in the Southeast panhandle it is the persistent presence long after the pollen calendar closes.

The Alaska allergy season guide names paper birch, dominating a compressed May peak, with alder and cottonwood opening for it. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have recorded birch counts above 4,500 grains per cubic meter on the Interior’s biggest days. Ragweed is essentially absent at these latitudes, so the season’s final act belongs to mold rising from decaying boreal vegetation through late summer.

November falls between the main chapters of the Alaska pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 6 months of the Alaska year, April to September — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the Alaska allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Metlakatla pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Metlakatla, AK pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.

Metlakatla in today’s national picture

At 8 (Low), Metlakatla ranks joint 83376th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.

Around Metlakatla: Saxman, AK (14 miles away) reads 11 (Low); Ketchikan, AK (17 miles away) reads 13 (Low); Loring, AK (34 miles away) reads 14 (Low). Metlakatla reads 3 points lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Utqiaġvik to 43 in Adak.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Metlakatla resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Metlakatla, AK can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.

Metlakatla in its local area

Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, Metlakatla ranks joint 344th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Metlakatla, AK pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Saxman pollen count (14 miles away)
• Ketchikan pollen count (17 miles away)
• Loring pollen count (34 miles away)
• Kasaan pollen count (46 miles away)
• Hydaburg pollen count (50 miles away)
• Hollis pollen count (53 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Alaska allergy season
• Ragweed season