Grass Pollen Count in Redwood City, CA — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

This reading is the forecast point for Redwood City — 2 nearby places use the same point; Redwood City is 4.3 km from it.

Pollen by type in Redwood City

What is the grass pollen count in Redwood City today?

The Redwood City grass pollen index today is 1 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Redwood City’s overall pollen count today is 26 (Low) across all types. See the full Redwood City pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Redwood City is a city in San Mateo County, California. Its population is 82,423 (ACS 2023).

Redwood City Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 726Low
Sunday, November 825Low
Monday, November 925Low
Tuesday, November 1025Low
Wednesday, November 1122Low

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 Redwood City’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Redwood City’s grass pollen

The modelled data reports grass as one combined index — there is no species-by-species split for grass anywhere in the data, so this page does not invent one. Today’s modelled grass index for Redwood City is 1 (Low), and the 5-day overall trend above shows the shape of the week.

As regional context only — not as today’s readings — 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.

The California allergy season guide singles out planted olive and the Central Valley’s concentrated spring pollen.

Plants affecting Redwood City now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Redwood City. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 1 (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 grass pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Grasses peak in spring in the Central Valley and run longer and milder on the coast. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the California pattern, so today’s grass 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.

Redwood City allergies today

Redwood City allergies today are set by the same reading as the Redwood City pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 26 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 1 (Low) of it. When people ask about Redwood City allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Redwood City.

Allergies in Redwood City follow the California calendar set out on the full Redwood City 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 Redwood City before heading outdoors, the grass 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 Redwood City allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether Redwood City 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 Redwood City pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Redwood City tree pollen count

Redwood City ragweed pollen count

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

See Redwood City on the pollen map

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

California allergy season guide

Grass pollen season

Find an allergist in Redwood City, 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).