Western Springs, IL Pollen Count Today
Western Springs, IL · Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Western Springs Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Western Springs residents check each morning
The Western Springs pollen count today is 28 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 37 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 37 while tree pollen is just 0.6 and grass pollen 1. Plant-by-plant detail for Western Springs, IL follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Western Springs page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records. In the Plains and around the Great Lakes, ragweed is a familiar late-season plant of open ground, field edges and disturbed soil, which is why it so often leads inland autumn readings.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Western Springs pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Western Springs residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Western Springs pollen count today?
The Western Springs pollen count today is 28 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Western Springs: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Western Springs allergies today
Western Springs allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 28 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Western Springs allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Western Springs.
Allergies in Western Springs follow the Illinois calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Western Springs before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the Western Springs allergy forecast: today reads 28 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Western Springs allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count Western Springs today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Western Springs allergy count today is 28 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Western Springs: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 28 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 28 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 28 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 28 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 28 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Western Springs’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 28 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Western Springs
What is driving Western Springs’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 28 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 37 (Low on its own scale) — about 96% of the four category readings added together, 36 points clear of the next category, grass pollen at 1. A weed-led total is the classic late-year shape: tree and grass pollen have usually receded, leaving weed pollen — and on damp days mold — to make up most of what the index records. Weed pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Illinois weed chapter runs August to October — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Western Springs, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Illinois guide’s account of Illinois names the classic tree, grass and ragweed sequence at full strength, with mold as a Chicago co-headliner — the pollens behind readings of this shape in this state — and the split shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 28 to 28, never changing band. Today’s 28 sits level with the window’s average of 28 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Western Springs now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Western Springs were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 1 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 37 (Low).
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\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
Western Springs pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Western Springs pollen year runs like this:
- Trees run from March into May, later near the big lakes.
- Grasses hold from May through July.
- Ragweed builds from mid-August, peaks in September, and ends at the first frost.
- Mold builds through the humid summer and fills the gaps between chapters.
The Illinois allergy season guide names the classic tree, grass and ragweed sequence at full strength, with mold as a Chicago co-headliner. Lake Michigan delays spring flowering near the shore, so downstate Illinois often runs two to three weeks ahead of Chicago in spring — and behind it at the fall frost. The season typically starts in March in the south of the state and April in the Chicago area.
November falls between the main chapters of the Illinois pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 8 months of the Illinois year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the Illinois allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Western Springs pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Western Springs, IL pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
Western Springs in today’s national picture
At 28 (Low), Western Springs ranks joint 21058th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Western Springs: La Grange, IL (1 miles away) reads 28 (Low); Hinsdale, IL (1 miles away) reads 28 (Low); Countryside, IL (2 miles away) reads 28 (Low). Western Springs reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Illinois’s 1456 tracked cities, today runs from 12 in Hamburg to 41 in Elburn.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Western Springs resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Western Springs, IL can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
Western Springs in its local area
Western Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois. Its population is 13,353 (ACS 2023).
Across Illinois’s 1456 tracked cities, Western Springs ranks joint 297th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Western Springs, IL pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- La Grange pollen count (1 miles away)
- Hinsdale pollen count (1 miles away)
- Countryside pollen count (2 miles away)
- Indian Head Park pollen count (2 miles away)
- La Grange Park pollen count (2 miles away)
- Clarendon Hills pollen count (3 miles away)
From Pollen Atlas News
See Western Springs on the US pollen map
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).