Tree Pollen Count in Lake Forest, CA

Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for Lake Forest — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen by type in Lake Forest

What is the tree pollen count in Lake Forest today?

The Lake Forest tree pollen index today is 22 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Lake Forest’s overall pollen count today is 31 (Low) across all types. See the full Lake Forest pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California. Its population is 85,846 (ACS 2023).

Lake Forest Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Friday, November 631Low
Saturday, November 731Low
Sunday, November 831Low
Monday, November 928Low
Tuesday, November 1028Low

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 Lake Forest’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Lake Forest’s tree 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: tree pollen reads 22 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

Plants affecting Lake Forest now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Lake Forest. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 22 (Low) today.

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’s readings.

Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.

What this tree pollen level means

Low risk. Keep windows open; consider allergy meds only if sensitive.

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Trees build through spring, with planted olive peaking from March into May. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the California pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The California allergy season guide singles out planted olive and the Central Valley’s concentrated spring pollen.

Lake Forest allergies today

Lake Forest allergies today are set by the same reading as the Lake Forest pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 31 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 22 (Low) of it. When people ask about Lake Forest allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Lake Forest.

Allergies in Lake Forest follow the California calendar set out on the full Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest before heading outdoors, the tree 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 Lake Forest allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Lake Forest 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.

See the full Lake Forest pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Lake Forest grass pollen count

Lake Forest ragweed pollen count

See how Lake Forest ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today

See Lake Forest on the pollen map

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory

California allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in Lake Forest, CA

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).