Tree Pollen Count in Brookline, MA

Pollen by type in Brookline

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What is the tree pollen count in Brookline today?

The Brookline 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.

Brookline’s overall pollen count today is 10 (Low) across all types. See the full Brookline pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Brookline is a census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Its population is 62,822 (ACS 2023).

Brookline Tree 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 Brookline’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Brookline’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 Brookline now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Brookline. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today.

In the Northeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring 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 tree pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the Northeast pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Massachusetts allergy season guide singles out birch, opening the spring in April, and oak carrying the peak through May.

Brookline allergies today

Brookline allergies today are set by the same reading as the Brookline pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 10 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Brookline allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Brookline.

Allergies in Brookline follow the Massachusetts calendar set out on the full Brookline 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 Brookline 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 Brookline allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Brookline 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.