Tree Pollen Count in Highland Park, IL — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Highland Park

What is the tree pollen count in Highland Park today?

The Highland Park 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.

Highland Park’s overall pollen count today is 23 (Low) across all types. See the full Highland Park pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Highland Park is a city in Lake County, Illinois. Its population is 30,229 (ACS 2023).

Highland Park Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 723Low
Sunday, November 822Low
Monday, November 922Low
Tuesday, November 1022Low
Wednesday, November 1122Low

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

Species driving Highland Park’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 Highland Park now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Highland Park. 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.

Highland Park allergies today

Highland Park allergies today are set by the same reading as the Highland Park pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Highland Park allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Highland Park.

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

Highland Park grass pollen count

Highland Park ragweed pollen count

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

See Highland Park 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 Highland Park, 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).