Big Spring, MD Pollen Count
Big Spring, MD · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Big Spring — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
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 Big Spring Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Big Spring residents check each morning
The Big Spring pollen count today is 18 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 23 today. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 1, weed pollen 23. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 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 Big Spring 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 Big Spring pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Big Spring residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Big Spring pollen count today?
The Big Spring pollen count today is 18 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Big Spring: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Big Spring allergies today
Big Spring allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 18 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Big Spring allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Big Spring.
Allergies in Big Spring follow the Maryland 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 Big Spring 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 Big Spring allergy forecast: today reads 18 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Big Spring 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 Big Spring today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Big Spring allergy count today is 18 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Big Spring: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 18 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 18 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 18 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 18 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Big Spring’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 18 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Big Spring
What is driving Big Spring’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 18 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 23 (Low on its own scale) — about 93% of the four category readings added together, 22 points clear of the next category, grass pollen at 1. 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 Maryland 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 Big Spring, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Maryland guide’s account of Maryland names oak, the mid-Atlantic heavyweight, peaking hard in late April and 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 18 to 18, never changing band. Today’s 18 sits level with the window’s average of 18 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Big Spring now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Big Spring 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 1 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 23 (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.
Big Spring pollen through the year
The Big Spring pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Northeast pattern and the Maryland 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 Maryland allergy season guide names oak, the mid-Atlantic heavyweight, peaking hard in late April and May. Around the Chesapeake, sustained tidewater humidity grows mold that fills the gap between the grass fade and the ragweed build. Garrett County’s western mountains run weeks behind the bay in spring and finish weeks earlier in fall, with harder, sooner frosts.
November falls between the main chapters of the Maryland 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 Maryland year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the Maryland allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Big Spring 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 Big Spring, MD 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.
Big Spring in today’s national picture
At 18 (Low), Big Spring ranks joint 56739th 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 Big Spring: Clear Spring, MD (2 miles away) reads 24 (Low); Charlton, MD (2 miles away) reads 18 (Low); Indian Springs, MD (4 miles away) reads 15 (Low). Big Spring reads 6 points lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Maryland’s 534 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Annapolis to 26 in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Big Spring resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Big Spring, MD 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.
Big Spring in its local area
Across Maryland’s 534 tracked cities, Big Spring ranks joint 43rd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Big Spring, MD pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Clear Spring pollen count (2 miles away)
- Charlton pollen count (2 miles away)
- Indian Springs pollen count (4 miles away)
- Big Pool pollen count (4 miles away)
- Pinesburg pollen count (4 miles away)
- Ernstville pollen count (4 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).