Grass Pollen Count in West Des Moines, IA — Today

Pollen by type in West Des Moines

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What is the grass pollen count in West Des Moines today?

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

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

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

West Des Moines is a city spanning Polk County, Dallas County, Warren County and Madison County in Iowa. Its population is 69,893 (ACS 2023).

West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving West Des Moines’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 West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for West Des Moines. 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.

West Des Moines allergies today

West Des Moines allergies today are set by the same reading as the West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for West Des Moines.

Allergies in West Des Moines follow the Iowa calendar set out on the full West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether West Des Moines 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.