Ragweed Pollen Count in North Chicago, IL — Today

Pollen by type in North Chicago

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• North Chicago grass pollen count
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What is the ragweed pollen count in North Chicago today?

The North Chicago ragweed pollen index today is 32 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Ragweed pollen is the dominant allergen in North Chicago today. See the full North Chicago pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois. Its population is 30,772 (ACS 2023).

North Chicago Ragweed 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 North Chicago’s overall trend across the week. Today’s ragweed pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving North Chicago’s ragweed 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: ragweed pollen reads 32 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

How to read this: the “ragweed” figure on this site is the modelled weed pollen index — the weed group (ragweed + mugwort) — printed under the ragweed name the rankings use.

Plants affecting North Chicago now — ragweed pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the ragweed pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for North Chicago. The type summary stands: ragweed pollen reads 32 (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 ragweed pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Ragweed builds from mid-August, peaks in September, and ends at the first frost. This month sits outside the usual ragweed pollen window for the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, so today’s ragweed 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.

North Chicago allergies today

North Chicago allergies today are set by the same reading as the North Chicago pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 25 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 32 (Low) of it. When people ask about North Chicago allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for North Chicago.

Allergies in North Chicago follow the Illinois calendar set out on the full North Chicago 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 North Chicago before heading outdoors, the ragweed 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 North Chicago allergy forecast for the ragweed pollen season: it shows whether North Chicago 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.