Ragweed Pollen Count in Fort Leonard Wood, MO — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Fort Leonard Wood

What is the ragweed pollen count in Fort Leonard Wood today?

The Fort Leonard Wood ragweed pollen index today is 19 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Ragweed pollen is the dominant allergen in Fort Leonard Wood today. See the full Fort Leonard Wood pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Fort Leonard Wood is a census-designated place in Pulaski County, Missouri. Its population is 15,317 (ACS 2023).

Fort Leonard Wood Ragweed Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 715Low
Sunday, November 816Low
Monday, November 916Low
Tuesday, November 1016Low
Wednesday, November 1111Low

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 Fort Leonard Wood’s overall trend across the week. Today’s ragweed pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Fort Leonard Wood’s ragweed 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: ragweed pollen reads 19 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

How to read this: the “ragweed” figure on this site is the modelled weed pollen index — the weed group (ragweed + mugwort) — printed under the ragweed name the rankings use.

Plants affecting Fort Leonard Wood now — ragweed pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the ragweed pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Fort Leonard Wood. The type summary stands: ragweed pollen reads 19 (Low) today.

In the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer 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 ragweed pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Ragweed builds from mid-August to the first hard frost, carried county to county by plains wind. This month sits outside the usual ragweed pollen window for the South-Central Plains pattern, so today’s ragweed pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Missouri allergy season guide singles out oak and hickory over an elm and maple opening, in a season written by the state’s rivers.

Fort Leonard Wood allergies today

Fort Leonard Wood allergies today are set by the same reading as the Fort Leonard Wood pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 15 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 19 (Low) of it. When people ask about Fort Leonard Wood allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Fort Leonard Wood.

Allergies in Fort Leonard Wood follow the Missouri calendar set out on the full Fort Leonard Wood 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 Fort Leonard Wood before heading outdoors, the ragweed 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 Fort Leonard Wood allergy forecast for the ragweed pollen season: it shows whether Fort Leonard Wood 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 Fort Leonard Wood pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Fort Leonard Wood tree pollen count

Fort Leonard Wood grass pollen count

See how Fort Leonard Wood ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today

See Fort Leonard Wood on the pollen map

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

Missouri allergy season guide

Ragweed season

Find an allergist in Fort Leonard Wood, MO

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).