Rutland, MA Pollen Count Today
Rutland, MA · 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 Rutland Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Rutland residents check each morning
The Rutland pollen count today is 6 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 8 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 8 (Low on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 0.6 and grass pollen at 0.6. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. 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 Rutland 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 Northeast, autumn weed pollen typically winds down as colder nights arrive, so late-season totals can change quickly from week to week.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Rutland pollen forecast below — it is currently rising, with Sunday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Rutland residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Rutland pollen count today?
The Rutland pollen count today is 6 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Rutland: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Rutland allergies today
Rutland allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 6 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Rutland allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Rutland.
Allergies in Rutland 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 Rutland 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 Rutland allergy forecast: today reads 6 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Rutland 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 Rutland today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Rutland allergy count today is 6 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Rutland: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 6 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 17 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 17 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 17 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 17 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Rutland’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 17 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Rutland
What is driving Rutland’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 6 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 8 (Low on its own scale) — about 87% of the four category readings added together, 7.4 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 Rutland, 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 6 to 17, never changing band. Today’s 6 sits 9 points below the window’s average of 14.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Rutland now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Rutland 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 8 (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.
Rutland pollen through the year
Three chapters make the Massachusetts pollen year, and Rutland follows them in the Northeast order. The tree chapter: trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May. The grass chapter: grasses hold from late May into July. The weed chapter: 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.
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. The Massachusetts guide singles out birch, opening the spring in April, and oak carrying the peak through May.
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 Rutland 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 Rutland, 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.
Rutland in today’s national picture
At 6 (Low), Rutland ranks joint 85200th 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 Rutland: Barre, MA (8 miles away) reads 5 (Low); Spencer, MA (9 miles away) reads 6 (Low); North Brookfield, MA (9 miles away) reads 6 (Low). Rutland reads 1 point higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Massachusetts’s 244 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Pittsfield to 13 in Westfield.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Rutland resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Rutland, 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.
Rutland in its local area
Across Massachusetts’s 244 tracked cities, Rutland ranks joint 154th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Rutland, MA pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Barre pollen count (8 miles away)
- Spencer pollen count (9 miles away)
- North Brookfield pollen count (9 miles away)
- Worcester pollen count (10 miles away)
- East Brookfield pollen count (11 miles away)
- Brookfield pollen count (13 miles away)
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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).