Glenarden, MD Pollen Count
Glenarden, MD · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Glenarden — 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 Glenarden Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Glenarden residents check each morning
The Glenarden pollen count today is 8 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 10 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 10 (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 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 Glenarden 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 Glenarden pollen forecast below — it is currently rising, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Glenarden residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Glenarden pollen count today?
The Glenarden pollen count today is 8 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Glenarden: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Glenarden allergies today
Glenarden allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 8 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Glenarden allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Glenarden.
Allergies in Glenarden 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 Glenarden 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 Glenarden allergy forecast: today reads 8 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Glenarden 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 Glenarden today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Glenarden allergy count today is 8 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Glenarden: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 8 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 18 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 18 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 18 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Glenarden’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 18 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Glenarden
What is driving Glenarden’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 8 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 10 (Low on its own scale) — about 89% of the four category readings added together, 9.4 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 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 Glenarden, 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 8 to 18, never changing band. Today’s 8 sits 8 points below the window’s average of 16 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Glenarden now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Glenarden 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 10 (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.
Glenarden pollen through the year
Three chapters make the Maryland pollen year, and Glenarden 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.
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. The Maryland guide singles out oak, the mid-Atlantic heavyweight, peaking hard in late April and May.
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 Glenarden 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 Glenarden, 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.
Glenarden in today’s national picture
At 8 (Low), Glenarden ranks joint 81632nd 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 Glenarden: Springdale, MD (1 miles away) reads 7 (Low); Landover, MD (2 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Summerfield, MD (2 miles away) reads 8 (Low). Glenarden reads 1 point higher 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 Glenarden resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Glenarden, 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.
Glenarden in its local area
Across Maryland’s 534 tracked cities, Glenarden ranks joint 325th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Glenarden, MD pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Springdale pollen count (1 miles away)
- Landover pollen count (2 miles away)
- Summerfield pollen count (2 miles away)
- Lake Arbor pollen count (2 miles away)
- Landover Hills pollen count (2 miles away)
- Lanham pollen count (2 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).