Estes Park, CO Pollen Count Today
Estes Park, CO · 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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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Estes Park Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Estes Park residents check each morning
The Estes Park pollen count today is 12 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 15, weed pollen 0.6. Plant-by-plant detail for Estes Park, CO follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. 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 grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Estes Park page.
Higher-elevation Mountain West cities generally run a shorter outdoor pollen season than the coasts or the South, with the main tree and grass activity compressed into the warmer months. Autumn and winter pages in this region are therefore commonly quiet, with low totals built from small weed and mold values. A low reading in this region and season is the expected pattern, and any future rise will show first in the category split and the forecast, not in the headline alone.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Estes Park pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Estes Park residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Estes Park pollen count today?
The Estes Park pollen count today is 12 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Estes Park: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Estes Park allergies today
Estes Park allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 12 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Estes Park allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Estes Park.
Allergies in Estes Park follow the Colorado 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 Estes Park 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 Estes Park allergy forecast: today reads 12 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Estes Park 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 Estes Park today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Estes Park allergy count today is 12 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Estes Park: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 12 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 12 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 11 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 11 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 11 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Estes Park’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 12 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Estes Park
What is driving Estes Park’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 12 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 15 (Low on its own scale) — about 93% of the four category readings added together, 14.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Colorado grass chapter runs May to July — 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 Estes Park, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Colorado guide’s account of Colorado names juniper, arriving ahead of the local tree season, and the ragweed and sagebrush-family weeds of late summer — 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 11 to 12, never changing band. Today’s 12 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 11.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Estes Park now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Estes Park 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 0.6 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 15 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
In the Mountain West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees and late-spring grasses in a compressed warm-season window — 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.
Estes Park pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Estes Park pollen year runs like this:
- Juniper can arrive in late winter, and the main tree wave builds in spring — as late as April at Denver’s altitude.
- Grasses follow in a compressed early-summer run.
- Ragweed and sagebrush-family weeds close the year from late summer.
The Colorado allergy season guide names juniper, arriving ahead of the local tree season, and the ragweed and sagebrush-family weeds of late summer. Altitude compresses Colorado’s season rather than removing it: the waves arrive late — Denver’s tree pollen typically builds in April — and end with early frosts, but they run in a tight sequence. The season ends with the first hard frosts, which stop the late-summer weeds — Denver usually reaches frost in fall, while mountain towns can frost far earlier.
November falls between the main chapters of the Colorado 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 Colorado 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 Colorado allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Estes Park 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 whatever the month. 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.
Estes Park in today’s national picture
At 12 (Low), Estes Park ranks joint 76525th 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 Estes Park: Allenspark, CO (9 miles away) reads 9 (Low); Lyons, CO (17 miles away) reads 5 (Low); Grand Lake, CO (17 miles away) reads 22 (Low). Estes Park reads 3 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Colorado’s 479 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Parker to 33 in Cathedral.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Estes Park resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Estes Park, CO 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.
Estes Park in its local area
Across Colorado’s 479 tracked cities, Estes Park ranks joint 319th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Estes Park, CO pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Allenspark pollen count (9 miles away)
- Lyons pollen count (17 miles away)
- Grand Lake pollen count (17 miles away)
- Bark Ranch pollen count (18 miles away)
- Hidden Lake pollen count (18 miles away)
- Jamestown pollen count (18 miles away)
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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).