Tree Pollen Count in Cottage Grove, MN — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Cottage Grove

What is the tree pollen count in Cottage Grove today?

The Cottage Grove tree pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Cottage Grove’s overall pollen count today is 21 (Low) across all types. See the full Cottage Grove pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Cottage Grove is a city in Washington County, Minnesota. Its population is 40,124 (ACS 2023).

Cottage Grove Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 721Low
Sunday, November 815Low
Monday, November 910Low
Tuesday, November 105Low
Wednesday, November 115Low

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 Cottage Grove’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Cottage Grove’s tree pollen

Species-level counts are not part of the modelled data Pollen Atlas publishes — the modelled index is reported per pollen type, not per species — so this section gives the type summary: tree pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

Plants affecting Cottage Grove now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Cottage Grove. The type summary stands: tree 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 tree pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Trees run from March into May, later near the big lakes. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the Midwest & Great Lakes pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Minnesota allergy season guide singles out birch, a signature northern spring pollen, and southern-Minnesota ragweed.

Cottage Grove allergies today

Cottage Grove allergies today are set by the same reading as the Cottage Grove pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 21 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Cottage Grove allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Cottage Grove.

Allergies in Cottage Grove follow the Minnesota calendar set out on the full Cottage Grove 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 Cottage Grove before heading outdoors, the tree 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 Cottage Grove allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Cottage Grove 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 Cottage Grove pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Cottage Grove grass pollen count

Cottage Grove ragweed pollen count

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

See Cottage Grove on the pollen map

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

Minnesota allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in Cottage Grove, MN

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).