Grass Pollen Count in East Lansing, MI

Last updated Sunday, November 8, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for East Lansing — from Sunday, November 8, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen by type in East Lansing

What is the grass pollen count in East Lansing today?

The East Lansing grass pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

East Lansing’s overall pollen count today is 5 (Low) across all types. See the full East Lansing pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

East Lansing is a city spanning Ingham County and Clinton County in Michigan. Its population is 45,394 (ACS 2023).

East Lansing Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Sunday, November 85Low
Monday, November 95Low
Tuesday, November 105Low
Wednesday, November 115Low
Thursday, November 125Low

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 East Lansing’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving East Lansing’s grass pollen

The modelled data reports grass as one combined index — there is no species-by-species split for grass anywhere in the data, so this page does not invent one. Today’s modelled grass index for East Lansing is 0.6 (Low), and the 5-day overall trend above shows the shape of the week.

As regional context only — not as today’s readings — in the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring and summer grasses, and late-summer and autumn ragweed.

The Michigan allergy season guide singles out birch and oak in a compressed late-spring stack, and ragweed as the heavy fall finish.

Plants affecting East Lansing now — grass pollen

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

In the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring and summer grasses, and late-summer and autumn 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 grass pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Grasses hold from May through July. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, so today’s grass pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Michigan allergy season guide singles out birch and oak in a compressed late-spring stack, and ragweed as the heavy fall finish.

East Lansing allergies today

East Lansing allergies today are set by the same reading as the East Lansing pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 5 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about East Lansing allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for East Lansing.

Allergies in East Lansing follow the Michigan calendar set out on the full East Lansing 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 East Lansing before heading outdoors, the grass 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 East Lansing allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether East Lansing 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.

See the full East Lansing pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

East Lansing tree pollen count

East Lansing ragweed pollen count

See how East Lansing ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today

See East Lansing on the pollen map

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory

Michigan allergy season guide

Grass pollen season

Find an allergist in East Lansing, MI

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).