Grass Pollen Count in Carter Lake, IA — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Carter Lake

What is the grass pollen count in Carter Lake today?

The Carter Lake grass pollen index today is 1 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Carter Lake’s overall pollen count today is 22 (Low) across all types. See the full Carter Lake pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Carter Lake Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 722Low
Sunday, November 822Low
Monday, November 922Low
Tuesday, November 1021Low
Wednesday, November 1121Low

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

Species driving Carter Lake’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 Carter Lake is 1 (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 Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring and summer grasses, and late-summer and autumn ragweed.

The Iowa allergy season guide singles out ragweed, the state’s dominant allergen, over a maple, oak and hickory spring.

Plants affecting Carter Lake now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Carter Lake. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 1 (Low) today.

In the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring and summer grasses, and late-summer and autumn ragweed — 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 hold from May through July. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, so today’s grass pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Iowa allergy season guide singles out ragweed, the state’s dominant allergen, over a maple, oak and hickory spring.

Carter Lake allergies today

Carter Lake allergies today are set by the same reading as the Carter Lake pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 22 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 1 (Low) of it. When people ask about Carter Lake allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Carter Lake.

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

Carter Lake tree pollen count

Carter Lake ragweed pollen count

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

See Carter Lake on the pollen map

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory

Iowa allergy season guide

Grass pollen season

Find an allergist in Carter Lake, IA

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).