Borrego Springs, CA Pollen Count Today
Borrego Springs, CA · Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
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 Borrego Springs Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Borrego Springs residents check each morning
The Borrego Springs pollen count today is 37 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 45 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 45 (Moderate on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 19 and grass pollen at 4. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Saturday, November 7, 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 weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Borrego Springs page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Borrego Springs pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Borrego Springs residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Borrego Springs pollen count today?
The Borrego Springs pollen count today is 37 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Borrego Springs: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Borrego Springs allergies today
Borrego Springs allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 37 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Borrego Springs allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Borrego Springs.
Allergies in Borrego Springs follow the California 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 Borrego Springs 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 Borrego Springs allergy forecast: today reads 37 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Borrego Springs 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 Borrego Springs today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Borrego Springs allergy count today is 37 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Borrego Springs: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 37 | Moderate |
| Sunday, November 8 | 37 | Moderate |
| Monday, November 9 | 34 | Moderate |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 33 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 36 | Moderate |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Borrego Springs’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 37 (Moderate) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Borrego Springs
What is driving Borrego Springs’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 37 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 45 (Moderate on its own scale) — about 66% of the four category readings added together, 26 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 19. A weed-led total is the classic late-year shape: tree and grass pollen have usually receded, leaving weed pollen — and on damp days mold — to make up most of what the index records. Weed pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the California weed chapter runs August to October — 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 Borrego Springs, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The California guide’s account of California names planted olive and the Central Valley’s concentrated spring pollen — 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 33 to 37, changing band 2 times. Today’s 37 sits 2 points above the window’s average of 35.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Borrego Springs now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Borrego Springs 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 19 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 4 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 45 (Moderate).
In the California pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are winter and spring trees, late-spring grasses and late-summer weeds — 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.
Borrego Springs pollen through the year
Three chapters make the California pollen year, and Borrego Springs follows them in the state’s own order. The tree chapter: trees build through spring, with planted olive peaking from March into May. The grass chapter: grasses peak in spring in the Central Valley and run longer and milder on the coast. The weed chapter: weeds follow in late summer and fall, stronger after wet winters.
There is no single California season: the Central Valley records some of the state’s sharpest spring peaks, trapped and concentrated by valley geography, while the coast runs long and mild. The AAFA’s 2025 Allergy Capitals research noted upward movement for several California cities, attributed to grass and weed pollen after wet weather. The California guide singles out planted olive and the Central Valley’s concentrated spring pollen.
November falls between the main chapters of the California 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 California year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the California allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Borrego Springs 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 even in a month when Borrego Springs, CA pollen is usually more active. 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.
Borrego Springs in today’s national picture
At 37 (Low), Borrego Springs ranks joint 4127th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Borrego Springs: Julian, CA (18 miles away) reads 18 (Low); Desert Shores, CA (22 miles away) reads 39 (Low); Salton Sea Beach, CA (22 miles away) reads 39 (Low). Borrego Springs reads 19 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across California’s 1602 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Truckee to 42 in Mecca.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Borrego Springs resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Borrego Springs, CA 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.
Borrego Springs in its local area
Across California’s 1602 tracked cities, Borrego Springs ranks joint 14th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Borrego Springs, CA pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Julian pollen count (18 miles away)
- Desert Shores pollen count (22 miles away)
- Salton Sea Beach pollen count (22 miles away)
- Salton City pollen count (23 miles away)
- Oasis pollen count (24 miles away)
- Mount Laguna pollen count (26 miles away)
From Pollen Atlas News
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).