Ragweed Pollen Count in Selma, AL — Today

Pollen by type in Selma

• Selma tree pollen count
• Selma grass pollen count
• Selma pollen count

What is the ragweed pollen count in Selma today?

The Selma ragweed pollen index today is 18 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Ragweed pollen is the dominant allergen in Selma today. See the full Selma pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Selma is a city in Dallas County, Alabama. Its population is 17,442 (ACS 2023).

Selma Ragweed Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

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 Selma’s overall trend across the week. Today’s ragweed pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Selma’s ragweed pollen

Species-level counts are not part of the modelled data Pollen Atlas publishes — the modelled index is reported per pollen type, not per species — so this section gives the type summary: ragweed pollen reads 18 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

How to read this: the “ragweed” figure on this site is the modelled weed pollen index — the weed group (ragweed + mugwort) — printed under the ragweed name the rankings use.

Plants affecting Selma now — ragweed pollen

• Ragweed (weed): Universal Pollen Index 1 (Very Low) — out of season

Plant detail: Google Pollen API. These readings are on Google’s Universal Pollen Index scale, a separate scale from the ragweed pollen counts above.

What this ragweed pollen level means

Google’s Pollen API rates ragweed pollen very low today.

Pollen levels are very low right now. It's a great day to enjoy the outdoors!

Ragweed runs from mid-August to the first frost. This month sits inside the ragweed pollen window for the Southeast pattern, so today’s ragweed pollen reading should be judged against that chapter of the Alabama year. The Alabama allergy season guide singles out oak and hickory, peaking through spring, over a late-winter cedar and juniper opening.

Selma allergies today

Selma allergies today are set by the same reading as the Selma pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 17 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 18 (Low) of it. When people ask about Selma allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Selma.

Allergies in Selma follow the Alabama calendar set out on the full Selma 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 Selma before heading outdoors, the ragweed 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 Selma allergy forecast for the ragweed pollen season: it shows whether Selma 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.