Grass Pollen Count in Santa Maria, CA — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Santa Maria

What is the grass pollen count in Santa Maria today?

The Santa Maria grass pollen index today is 3 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Santa Maria’s overall pollen count today is 24 (Low) across all types. See the full Santa Maria pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, California. Its population is 109,880 (ACS 2023).

Santa Maria Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 724Low
Sunday, November 824Low
Monday, November 924Low
Tuesday, November 1024Low
Wednesday, November 1124Low

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 Santa Maria’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Santa Maria’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 Santa Maria is 3 (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 Santa Maria now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Santa Maria. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 3 (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.

Santa Maria allergies today

Santa Maria allergies today are set by the same reading as the Santa Maria pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 24 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 3 (Low) of it. When people ask about Santa Maria allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Santa Maria.

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

Santa Maria tree pollen count

Santa Maria ragweed pollen count

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

See Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria, 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).