Grass Pollen Count in South Lake Tahoe, CA — Today

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What is the grass pollen count in South Lake Tahoe today?

The South Lake Tahoe grass pollen index today is 11 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Grass pollen is the dominant allergen in South Lake Tahoe today. See the full South Lake Tahoe pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

South Lake Tahoe is a city in El Dorado County, California. Its population is 21,319 (ACS 2023).

South Lake Tahoe Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

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 South Lake Tahoe’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving South Lake Tahoe’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 South Lake Tahoe is 11 (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 South Lake Tahoe now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for South Lake Tahoe. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 11 (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.

South Lake Tahoe allergies today

South Lake Tahoe allergies today are set by the same reading as the South Lake Tahoe pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 8 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 11 (Low) of it. When people ask about South Lake Tahoe allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for South Lake Tahoe.

Allergies in South Lake Tahoe follow the California calendar set out on the full South Lake Tahoe 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 South Lake Tahoe 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 South Lake Tahoe allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether South Lake Tahoe 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.