Grass Pollen Count in Great Bend, KS — Today
Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
Pollen by type in Great Bend
What is the grass pollen count in Great Bend today?
The Great Bend grass pollen index today is 2 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low
Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.
Great Bend’s overall pollen count today is 25 (Low) across all types. See the full Great Bend pollen count for the overall index and every type together.
Great Bend is a city in Barton County, Kansas. Its population is 14,596 (ACS 2023).
Great Bend Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast
| Day | Overall index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 25 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 25 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 25 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 24 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 24 | Low |
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 Great Bend’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.
Species driving Great Bend’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 Great Bend is 2 (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 South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer ragweed.
The Kansas allergy season guide singles out ragweed, intense from late summer to frost.
Plants affecting Great Bend now — grass pollen
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Great Bend. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 2 (Low) today.
In the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer 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.
Prairie grasses take over in late May and hold the summer. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the South-Central Plains pattern, so today’s grass pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Kansas allergy season guide singles out ragweed, intense from late summer to frost.
Great Bend allergies today
Great Bend allergies today are set by the same reading as the Great Bend pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 25 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 2 (Low) of it. When people ask about Great Bend allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Great Bend.
Allergies in Great Bend follow the Kansas calendar set out on the full Great Bend 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 Great Bend 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 Great Bend allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether Great Bend 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 Great Bend pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context
Great Bend ragweed pollen count
See how Great Bend ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today
See Great Bend on the pollen map
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory
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).