Gainesville, FL Pollen Count
Gainesville, FL · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Gainesville — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
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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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Gainesville Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Gainesville residents check each morning
The Gainesville pollen count today is 21 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 20 today. Tree pollen is the highest single category in the split at 23 (Low), ahead of weed pollen at 20 and grass pollen at 6. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 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 tree pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Gainesville page.
Florida’s mild climate supports a longer and less sharply divided pollen calendar than most of the United States: tree, grass and weed pollen can each appear across more of the year, and no single month reliably clears the index to zero. Florida pages should therefore be read from their modelled split rather than from a northern seasonal calendar. A low Florida total is a low modelled day, not an off-season guarantee, and the five-day outlook matters more here than in strongly seasonal climates.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Gainesville pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Gainesville residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Gainesville pollen count today?
The Gainesville pollen count today is 21 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Gainesville: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Gainesville allergies today
Gainesville allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 21 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Gainesville allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Gainesville.
Allergies in Gainesville follow the Florida 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville allergy forecast: today reads 21 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Gainesville 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 Gainesville today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Gainesville allergy count today is 21 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Gainesville: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 21 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 19 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 19 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 16 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Gainesville’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 21 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Gainesville
What is driving Gainesville’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 21 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 23 (Low on its own scale) — about 47% of the four category readings added together, 3 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 20. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Florida tree chapter runs January to April — 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 Gainesville, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Florida guide’s account of Florida names oak, the signature spring event that often begins in February — 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 16 to 21, never changing band. Today’s 21 sits 2 points above the window’s average of 18.6 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Gainesville now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Gainesville 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 23 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 6 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 20 (Low).
In the Florida pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are trees, grasses and weeds spread across a long, mild season — 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.
Gainesville pollen through the year
The Gainesville pollen year runs in chapters, set by its own pattern and the Florida calendar. Trees come first: cedar and then oak open the year, oak beginning as early as February. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses run from spring into October or later. Weeds close it out: ragweed arrives in late summer and fall, for a shorter window than in the Midwest, alongside a fall mold surge.
The Florida allergy season guide names oak, the signature spring event that often begins in February. Pollen Atlas data shows Miami recording measurable pollen in every month of a typical year — Florida’s calendar rarely clears to zero. Fall in Florida combines its shorter ragweed season with a mold surge from leaf litter and tropical-season rain.
November in Gainesville sits inside the weed chapter of the Florida year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters cover 11 months of the Florida year, January to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the Florida allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Gainesville 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 even in a month when Gainesville, FL pollen is usually more active. 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.
Gainesville in today’s national picture
At 21 (Low), Gainesville ranks joint 47143rd of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Gainesville: Alachua, FL (10 miles away) reads 21 (Low); La Crosse, FL (12 miles away) reads 21 (Low); Micanopy, FL (13 miles away) reads 21 (Low). Gainesville reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Florida’s 953 tracked cities, today runs from 7 in Inwood to 30 in Harlem.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Gainesville resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Gainesville, FL 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.
Gainesville in its local area
Gainesville is a city in Alachua County, Florida. Its population is 143,611 (ACS 2023).
Across Florida’s 953 tracked cities, Gainesville ranks joint 296th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Gainesville, FL pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Alachua pollen count (10 miles away)
- La Crosse pollen count (12 miles away)
- Micanopy pollen count (13 miles away)
- Waldo pollen count (13 miles away)
- Brooker pollen count (14 miles away)
- Newberry pollen count (15 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).