Salcha, AK Pollen Count

Salcha, AK · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for Salcha — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen Overview

Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).

LowDominant Allergen: Grass
Salcha, AK · Sat, Nov 7

Total Pollen Index

The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).

Salcha, AK

12index / 100
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0–40 Low41–60 Moderate61–100 High

Grass Index

How active grass pollen is today (0–100).

Salcha, AK

16index / 100
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0–40 Low41–60 Moderate61–100 High

Pollen Types

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5-Day Salcha Overall Pollen Forecast

Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).

Pollen count Salcha residents check each morning

The Salcha pollen count today is 12 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 16, weed pollen 0.6. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 2026.

A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Salcha page.

Outside its main late-spring and early-summer window, grass pollen usually appears as a small background value rather than the driver of the total. A low grass reading alongside a higher weed or mold value is a typical off-peak pattern. Grass should be read from its own value on this page, not assumed from the calendar: the index reports today’s modelled value, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.

To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Salcha pollen forecast below — it is currently rising, with Tuesday the highest day in the window.

This is the pollen count Salcha residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.

What is the Salcha pollen count today?

The Salcha pollen count today is 12 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.

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

Salcha allergies today

Salcha allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 12 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Salcha allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Salcha.

Allergies in Salcha 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 Salcha 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 Salcha allergy forecast: today reads 12 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Salcha 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 Salcha today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Salcha allergy count today is 12 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Salcha: the 5-day forecast

DayTotal Pollen IndexBand
Friday, November 612Low
Saturday, November 717Low
Sunday, November 817Low
Monday, November 917Low
Tuesday, November 1018Low

Pollen Atlas forecasts Salcha’s pollen count to peak on Tuesday at 18 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Salcha

What is driving Salcha’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 12 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 16 (Low on its own scale) — about 93% of the four category readings added together, 15.4 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 Salcha, 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 18, never changing band. Today’s 12 sits 4 points below the window’s average of 16.2 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.

Plants affecting Salcha now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Salcha 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 16 (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.

Salcha pollen through the year

The Salcha pollen year runs in chapters, set by its own pattern and the Alaska calendar. Trees come first: 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. Grasses take the middle of the year: grass owns July alone, a brief peak after the tree burst. Weeds close it out: 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 Salcha 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.

Salcha in today’s national picture

At 12 (Low), Salcha ranks joint 74231st of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.

Around Salcha: Eielson AFB, AK (11 miles away) reads 15 (Low); Harding-Birch Lakes, AK (15 miles away) reads 12 (Low); Moose Creek, AK (15 miles away) reads 12 (Low). Salcha reads 3 points lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Utqiaġvik to 41 in Togiak.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Salcha resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Salcha, 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.

Salcha in its local area

Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, Salcha ranks joint 294th today.

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

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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).