Kelowna, BC Pollen Count
Kelowna, BC · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Kelowna — 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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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Kelowna Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Kelowna residents check each morning
The Kelowna pollen count today is 5 (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 2, weed pollen 0.6. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. 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 Kelowna page.
In the Pacific Northwest, the main outdoor pollen activity is concentrated in spring and early summer — trees first, then grasses — and readings outside that window are commonly low across every category. Cool-season pages in this region are therefore often defined by what is absent: zero or near-zero tree and grass values, with any remaining total carried by small weed or mold readings. That quiet pattern is itself useful information, and it is reported here exactly as modelled.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Kelowna pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Kelowna residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Kelowna pollen count today?
The Kelowna pollen count today is 5 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Kelowna: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Kelowna allergies today
Kelowna allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 5 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Kelowna allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Kelowna.
Allergies in Kelowna follow the British Columbia 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 Kelowna 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 Kelowna allergy forecast: today reads 5 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Kelowna 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 Kelowna today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Kelowna allergy count today is 5 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Kelowna: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 5 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 5 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 5 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 5 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 5 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Kelowna’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 5 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Kelowna
What is driving Kelowna’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 5 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 2 (Low on its own scale) — about 63% of the four category readings added together, 1.4 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 British Columbia grass chapter runs May 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 Kelowna, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 5 to 5, never changing band. Today’s 5 sits level with the window’s average of 5 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Kelowna now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Kelowna 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 2 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
In the Pacific Northwest pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees and late-spring grasses in the Pacific Northwest pattern — 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.
Kelowna pollen through the year
Three chapters make the British Columbia pollen year, and Kelowna follows them in the Pacific Northwest order. The tree chapter: alder and hazelnut can start in January west of the Cascades, with maple and oak following through April and May. The grass chapter: grasses run from May, peaking in late spring and early summer. The weed chapter: weeds are the minor act — sagebrush and tumbleweed east of the Cascades carry into September. Mold is the wet-season constant west of the Cascades, where rain crashes counts and the season restarts on the first dry, mild day.
No British Columbia allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Kelowna — the calendar above is the Pacific Northwest regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November falls between the main chapters of the British Columbia 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 9 months of the British Columbia year, January to September — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. No British Columbia allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Pacific Northwest regional pattern. See Kelowna pollen count rankings and Kelowna on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Kelowna 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.
Kelowna in today’s US & Canada picture
At 5 (Low), Kelowna ranks joint 86157th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the combined US & Canada table. The highest reading on the combined table 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 Kelowna: Oroville, WA (64 miles away) reads 5 (Low); Kamloops, BC (68 miles away) reads 5 (Low); Loomis, WA (73 miles away) reads 9 (Low). Kelowna reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across British Columbia’s 15 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Kamloops to 12 in Richmond.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Kelowna resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Kelowna, BC 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.
Kelowna in its local area
Kelowna is in Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. Its population is 144,576 (GeoNames).
Across British Columbia’s 15 tracked cities, Kelowna ranks joint 14th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Kelowna, BC pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Kamloops pollen count (68 miles away)
- Abbotsford pollen count (141 miles away)
- Maple Ridge pollen count (148 miles away)
- Coquitlam pollen count (157 miles away)
- Surrey pollen count (160 miles away)
- Burnaby pollen count (164 miles away)
From Pollen Atlas News
See how Kelowna ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today
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).