Hanscom AFB, MA Pollen Count

What is the Hanscom AFB pollen count today?

The Hanscom AFB pollen count today is 10 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

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

Hanscom AFB allergies today

Hanscom AFB allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 10 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Hanscom AFB allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Hanscom AFB.

Allergies in Hanscom AFB follow the Massachusetts 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 Hanscom AFB 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 Hanscom AFB allergy forecast: today reads 10 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Hanscom AFB 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 Hanscom AFB today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Hanscom AFB allergy count today is 10 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Hanscom AFB: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Hanscom AFB’s pollen count to peak on Monday at 24 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Hanscom AFB

• Hanscom AFB tree pollen count
• Hanscom AFB grass pollen count
• Hanscom AFB ragweed pollen count

What is driving Hanscom AFB’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 10 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 13 (Low on its own scale) — about 92% of the four category readings added together, 12.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. 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 Massachusetts 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 Hanscom AFB, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Massachusetts guide’s account of Massachusetts names birch, opening the spring in April, and oak carrying the peak through May — 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 10 to 24, never changing band. Today’s 10 sits 7 points below the window’s average of 16.6 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.

Plants affecting Hanscom AFB now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Hanscom AFB 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 0.6 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 13 (Low).

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\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.

Hanscom AFB pollen through the year

The Hanscom AFB pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Northeast pattern and the Massachusetts calendar. Trees come first: trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses hold from late May into July. Weeds close it out: ragweed builds from mid-August, peaks in September, and is ended by the first hard frost. Mold tracks the region’s humidity rather than a flowering calendar, and it fills the gaps between chapters.

The Massachusetts allergy season guide names birch, opening the spring in April, and oak carrying the peak through May. Massachusetts runs three overlapping springs — coast, Connecticut River valley and Berkshire high ground — which can trail one another by weeks. Grass holds the middle of the year, from late May into July, with the western counties’ hay country adding an agricultural source the suburbs never see.

November falls between the main chapters of the Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the Massachusetts allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Hanscom AFB 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 Hanscom AFB, MA 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.

Hanscom AFB in today’s national picture

At 10 (Low), Hanscom AFB ranks joint 78620th 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 Hanscom AFB: Lexington, MA (3 miles away) reads 10 (Low); Burlington, MA (5 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Waltham, MA (5 miles away) reads 10 (Low). Hanscom AFB reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Massachusetts’s 244 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Pittsfield to 15 in Nantucket.

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

Hanscom AFB in its local area

Across Massachusetts’s 244 tracked cities, Hanscom AFB ranks joint 12th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Hanscom AFB, MA pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Lexington pollen count (3 miles away)
• Burlington pollen count (5 miles away)
• Waltham pollen count (5 miles away)
• Pinehurst pollen count (6 miles away)
• West Concord pollen count (6 miles away)
• Arlington pollen count (6 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Massachusetts allergy season
• Ragweed season