North Lakes, AK Pollen Count Today

What is the North Lakes pollen count today?

The North Lakes pollen count today is 16 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.

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

North Lakes allergies today

North Lakes allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 16 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about North Lakes allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for North Lakes.

Allergies in North Lakes 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 North Lakes 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 North Lakes allergy forecast: today reads 16 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether North Lakes 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 North Lakes today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The North Lakes allergy count today is 16 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today North Lakes: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts North Lakes’s pollen count to peak on Monday at 26 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in North Lakes

• North Lakes tree pollen count
• North Lakes grass pollen count
• North Lakes ragweed pollen count

What is driving North Lakes’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 16 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 21 (Low on its own scale) — about 95% of the four category readings added together, 20.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. 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 North Lakes, 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 12 to 26, never changing band. Today’s 16 sits 5 points below the window’s average of 20.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.

Plants affecting North Lakes now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for North Lakes 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 0.6 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 21 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (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.

North Lakes pollen through the year

Three chapters make the Alaska pollen year, and North Lakes follows them in the state’s own order. The tree chapter: 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. The grass chapter: grass owns July alone, a brief peak after the tree burst. The weed chapter: 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.

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. The Alaska guide singles out paper birch, dominating a compressed May peak, with alder and cottonwood opening for it.

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 North Lakes 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 whatever the month. 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.

North Lakes in today’s national picture

At 16 (Low), North Lakes ranks joint 65321st 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 North Lakes: South Lakes, AK (2 miles away) reads 16 (Low); Gateway, AK (5 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Tanaina, AK (5 miles away) reads 16 (Low). North Lakes reads exactly level with 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 North Lakes resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in North Lakes, 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.

North Lakes in its local area

North Lakes is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Its population is 10,583 (ACS 2023).

Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, North Lakes ranks joint 249th today.

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

Nearby cities

• South Lakes pollen count (2 miles away)
• Gateway pollen count (5 miles away)
• Tanaina pollen count (5 miles away)
• Farm Loop pollen count (5 miles away)
• Wasilla pollen count (6 miles away)
• Palmer pollen count (7 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Alaska allergy season
• Grass pollen season