Tree Pollen Count in Carbondale, IL — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Carbondale

What is the tree pollen count in Carbondale today?

The Carbondale tree pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Carbondale’s overall pollen count today is 18 (Low) across all types. See the full Carbondale pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois. Its population is 21,813 (ACS 2023).

Carbondale Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 718Low
Sunday, November 818Low
Monday, November 918Low
Tuesday, November 1018Low
Wednesday, November 118Low

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 Carbondale’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Carbondale’s tree pollen

Species-level counts are not part of the modelled data Pollen Atlas publishes — the modelled index is reported per pollen type, not per species — so this section gives the type summary: tree pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

Plants affecting Carbondale now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Carbondale. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 0.6 (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 tree pollen level means

Low risk. Keep windows open; consider allergy meds only if sensitive.

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Trees run from March into May, later near the big lakes. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Illinois allergy season guide singles out the classic tree, grass and ragweed sequence at full strength, with mold as a Chicago co-headliner.

Carbondale allergies today

Carbondale allergies today are set by the same reading as the Carbondale pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 18 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Carbondale allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Carbondale.

Allergies in Carbondale follow the Illinois calendar set out on the full Carbondale 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 Carbondale before heading outdoors, the tree 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 Carbondale allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Carbondale 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 Carbondale pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Carbondale grass pollen count

Carbondale ragweed pollen count

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

See Carbondale on the pollen map

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

Illinois allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in Carbondale, IL

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).