Orchard Mesa, CO Pollen Count Today

What is the Orchard Mesa pollen count today?

The Orchard Mesa pollen count today is 17 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Orchard Mesa: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Orchard Mesa allergies today

Orchard Mesa allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 17 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Orchard Mesa allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Orchard Mesa.

Allergies in Orchard Mesa 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 Orchard Mesa 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 Orchard Mesa allergy forecast: today reads 17 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Orchard Mesa 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 Orchard Mesa today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Orchard Mesa allergy count today is 17 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Orchard Mesa: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Orchard Mesa’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 19 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Orchard Mesa

• Orchard Mesa tree pollen count
• Orchard Mesa grass pollen count
• Orchard Mesa ragweed pollen count

What is driving Orchard Mesa’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 17 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 22 (Low on its own scale) — about 95% of the four category readings added together, 21.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. A weed-led total is the classic late-year shape: tree and grass pollen have usually receded, leaving weed pollen — and on damp days mold — to make up most of what the index records. Weed pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Colorado weed chapter runs August to October — 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 Orchard Mesa, 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 17 to 19, never changing band. Today’s 17 sits 0 points below the window’s average of 17.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Orchard Mesa now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Orchard Mesa 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 0.6 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 22 (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.

Orchard Mesa pollen through the year

The Orchard Mesa pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Mountain West pattern and the Colorado calendar. Trees come first: juniper can arrive in late winter, and the main tree wave builds in spring — as late as April at Denver’s altitude. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses follow in a compressed early-summer run. Weeds close it out: 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 Orchard Mesa 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.

Orchard Mesa in today’s national picture

At 17 (Low), Orchard Mesa ranks joint 61701st 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 Orchard Mesa: Grand Junction, CO (4 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Clifton, CO (4 miles away) reads 18 (Low); Fruitvale, CO (5 miles away) reads 18 (Low). Orchard Mesa reads exactly level with 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 Orchard Mesa resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Orchard Mesa, 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.

Orchard Mesa in its local area

Across Colorado’s 479 tracked cities, Orchard Mesa ranks joint 284th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Orchard Mesa, CO pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Grand Junction pollen count (4 miles away)
• Clifton pollen count (4 miles away)
• Fruitvale pollen count (5 miles away)
• Redlands pollen count (8 miles away)
• Palisade pollen count (10 miles away)
• Fruita pollen count (14 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Colorado allergy season
• Ragweed season