Benson, AZ Pollen Count
Benson, AZ · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Benson — 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).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Benson Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Benson residents check each morning
The Benson pollen count today is 18 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 18 today. Tree pollen is the highest single category in the split at 21 (Low), ahead of weed pollen at 18 and grass pollen at 2. 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 tree pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Benson page.
Desert Southwest pollen does not follow a single national calendar. Arid conditions limit some pollen types for much of the year, while irrigated urban landscaping introduces trees and grasses that would not otherwise grow in the desert, and wind can move pollen across an open landscape efficiently. Readings in this region in particular should be judged against their own split and their own recent days, not against humid-region expectations: a low total here reflects today’s modelled categories, whatever the month.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Benson pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Benson residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Benson pollen count today?
The Benson pollen count today is 18 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Benson: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Benson allergies today
Benson allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 18 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Benson allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Benson.
Allergies in Benson follow the Arizona 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 Benson 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 Benson allergy forecast: today reads 18 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Benson 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 Benson today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Benson allergy count today is 18 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Benson: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 18 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 12 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 17 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 15 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Benson’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 18 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Benson
What is driving Benson’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 18 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 21 (Low on its own scale) — about 51% of the four category readings added together, 3 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 18. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Arizona tree chapter runs January to May — 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 Benson, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Arizona guide’s account of Arizona names mulberry, ash and olive — planted trees, not wild desert flora — 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 18 sits 2 points above the window’s average of 16 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Benson now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Benson 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 21 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 2 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 18 (Low).
In the Desert Southwest pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are irrigated landscape trees and grasses, with wind-carried weeds in open ground — 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.
Benson pollen through the year
The Benson pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Desert Southwest pattern and the Arizona calendar. Trees come first: planted trees open in winter — the juniper family and ash first, mulberry at the heart of spring. Grasses take the middle of the year: irrigated Bermuda grass runs long rather than intense, across much of the warm season. Weeds close it out: a final weed wave follows the monsoon rains into fall, with monsoon mold in the same weeks.
The Arizona allergy season guide names mulberry, ash and olive — planted trees, not wild desert flora. Arizona’s season arrives in waves shaped by desert botany and desert weather, with a midsummer heat lull and a mold bump when the monsoon breaks. Phoenix and Tucson often peak weeks apart: Tucson sits at roughly 2,400 feet against Phoenix’s 1,100, and its cooler nights delay its tree wave by a matter of weeks.
November in Benson sits in the overlap of the grass and weed chapters of the Arizona year — overlap weeks, when two chapters feed the same total and the split matters more than the headline. Between them, the three chapters cover 11 months of the Arizona year, January to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the Arizona allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Benson 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.
Benson in today’s national picture
At 18 (Low), Benson ranks joint 56739th 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 Benson: St. David, AZ (7 miles away) reads 19 (Low); Mescal, AZ (7 miles away) reads 17 (Low); J-Six Ranchettes, AZ (9 miles away) reads 17 (Low). Benson reads 1 point lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Arizona’s 465 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Fort Valley to 36 in Rillito.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Benson resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Benson, AZ 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.
Benson in its local area
Across Arizona’s 465 tracked cities, Benson ranks joint 271st today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Benson, AZ pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- St. David pollen count (7 miles away)
- Mescal pollen count (7 miles away)
- J-Six Ranchettes pollen count (9 miles away)
- Whetstone pollen count (14 miles away)
- Dragoon pollen count (19 miles away)
- Huachuca City pollen count (20 miles away)
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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).