Echo, LA Pollen Count

What is the Echo pollen count today?

The Echo pollen count today is 23 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Echo: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Echo allergies today

Echo allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Echo allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Echo.

Allergies in Echo follow the Louisiana 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 Echo 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 Echo allergy forecast: today reads 23 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Echo 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 Echo today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Echo allergy count today is 23 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Echo: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Echo’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 23 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Echo

• Echo tree pollen count
• Echo grass pollen count
• Echo ragweed pollen count

What is driving Echo’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 23 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 26 (Low on its own scale) — about 50% of the four category readings added together, 7 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 19. 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 is the Louisiana calendar working as expected — November falls in the closing weeks of the state’s weed chapter.

Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Echo, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Louisiana guide’s account of Louisiana names an early February tree start and outdoor mold, elevated much of the year in the Gulf humidity — 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 20 to 23, never changing band. Today’s 23 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 21.8 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Echo now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Echo 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 19 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 7 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 26 (Low).

In the Gulf & South Texas pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, warm-season grasses, late-summer ragweed and winter mountain cedar in the west of the region — 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.

Echo pollen through the year

The Echo pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Gulf & South Texas pattern and the Louisiana calendar. Trees come first: mountain cedar runs from December to March in the west of the region, and oak leads the spring. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses carry the hot months, with mold close behind in the Gulf humidity. Weeds close it out: ragweed runs from August toward a mild, late finish. Outdoor mold stays elevated for much of the year in the Gulf humidity and can co-headline a reading in any month.

The Louisiana allergy season guide names an early February tree start and outdoor mold, elevated much of the year in the Gulf humidity. Duration defines Louisiana’s season: hard frosts are infrequent, so the calendar’s true low break is the briefest in the continental interior — and the AAFA’s 2025 report ranked New Orleans No. 2 of 100 metros. The CDC identifies warm, humid environments as prime mold habitat, and Louisiana’s Gulf climate is the continental interior’s clearest example.

November in Echo sits inside the weed chapter of the Louisiana year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters touch every month of the Louisiana year — there is no reliably empty month in this calendar. The full calendar is set out in the Louisiana allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Echo 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 Echo, LA 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.

Echo in today’s national picture

At 23 (Low), Echo ranks joint 41692nd of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.

Around Echo: Fifth Ward, LA (5 miles away) reads 23 (Low); Cheneyville, LA (7 miles away) reads 29 (Low); Hessmer, LA (8 miles away) reads 22 (Low). Echo reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Louisiana’s 489 tracked cities, today runs from 15 in Haynesville to 31 in White Castle.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Echo resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Echo, LA 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.

Echo in its local area

Across Louisiana’s 489 tracked cities, Echo ranks joint 162nd today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Echo, LA pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Fifth Ward pollen count (5 miles away)
• Cheneyville pollen count (7 miles away)
• Hessmer pollen count (8 miles away)
• Lecompte pollen count (10 miles away)
• Center Point pollen count (10 miles away)
• Marksville pollen count (10 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Louisiana allergy season
• Ragweed season