Sterling, AK Pollen Count

What is the Sterling pollen count today?

The Sterling pollen count today is 20 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.

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

Sterling allergies today

Sterling allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 20 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Sterling allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Sterling.

Allergies in Sterling 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 Sterling 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 Sterling allergy forecast: today reads 20 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Sterling 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 Sterling today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Sterling allergy count today is 20 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Sterling: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Sterling’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 21 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Sterling

• Sterling tree pollen count
• Sterling grass pollen count
• Sterling ragweed pollen count

What is driving Sterling’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 20 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 26 (Low on its own scale) — about 96% of the four category readings added together, 25.4 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 Sterling, 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 17 to 21, never changing band. Today’s 20 sits 0 points above the window’s average of 19.8 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Sterling now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Sterling 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 26 (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.

Sterling pollen through the year

Chapter by chapter, the Sterling 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 Sterling 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.

Sterling in today’s national picture

At 20 (Low), Sterling ranks joint 50794th 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 Sterling: Funny River, AK (4 miles away) reads 20 (Low); Ridgeway, AK (8 miles away) reads 22 (Low); Soldotna, AK (10 miles away) reads 22 (Low). Sterling reads exactly level with 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 Sterling resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Sterling, 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.

Sterling in its local area

Across Alaska’s 355 tracked cities, Sterling ranks joint 240th today.

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

Nearby cities

• Funny River pollen count (4 miles away)
• Ridgeway pollen count (8 miles away)
• Soldotna pollen count (10 miles away)
• Kenai pollen count (14 miles away)
• Kalifornsky pollen count (15 miles away)
• Salamatof pollen count (18 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Alaska allergy season
• Grass pollen season