Platte City, MO Pollen Count
Platte City, MO · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Platte City — 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 Platte City Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Platte City residents check each morning
The Platte City pollen count today is 24 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 31 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 31 (Low on its own scale), followed by grass pollen at 3 and tree 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 Platte City 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 Plains and around the Great Lakes, ragweed is a familiar late-season plant of open ground, field edges and disturbed soil, which is why it so often leads inland autumn readings.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Platte City pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Platte City residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Platte City pollen count today?
The Platte City pollen count today is 24 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Platte City: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Platte City allergies today
Platte City allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 24 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Platte City allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Platte City.
Allergies in Platte City follow the Missouri 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 Platte City 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 Platte City allergy forecast: today reads 24 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Platte City 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 Platte City today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Platte City allergy count today is 24 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Platte City: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 24 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 24 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 24 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 24 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 23 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Platte City’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 24 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Platte City
What is driving Platte City’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 24 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 31 (Low on its own scale) — about 90% of the four category readings added together, 28 points clear of the next category, grass pollen at 3. 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 Missouri 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 Platte City, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Missouri guide’s account of Missouri names oak and hickory over an elm and maple opening, in a season written by the state’s rivers — 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 23 to 24, never changing band. Today’s 24 sits 0 points above the window’s average of 23.8 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Platte City now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Platte City 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 3 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 31 (Low).
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\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.
Platte City pollen through the year
Three chapters make the Missouri pollen year, and Platte City follows them in the South-Central Plains order. The tree chapter: river-corridor trees open from February — elm and maple first, then oak and hickory. The grass chapter: prairie grasses take over in late May and hold the summer. The weed chapter: ragweed builds from mid-August to the first hard frost, carried county to county by plains wind. Mold shares the long middle of the year, fed by river-bottom humidity.
Missouri’s rivers write its season: the bottoms grow the weeds, plains winds move the grass, and oak-and-hickory highlands frame the map. The Bootheel runs on a Memphis schedule rather than a Kansas City one: springs start earlier there, and its ragweed season can outlast the rest of the state’s by weeks. The Missouri guide singles out oak and hickory over an elm and maple opening, in a season written by the state’s rivers.
November falls between the main chapters of the Missouri 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 9 months of the Missouri year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the Missouri allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Platte City 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 Platte City, MO 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.
Platte City in today’s national picture
At 24 (Low), Platte City ranks joint 39349th 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 Platte City: Tracy, MO (2 miles away) reads 24 (Low); Ferrelview, MO (6 miles away) reads 28 (Low); Farley, MO (6 miles away) reads 31 (Low). Platte City reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Missouri’s 1082 tracked cities, today runs from 12 in Camdenton to 32 in Portage Des Sioux.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Platte City resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Platte City, MO 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.
Platte City in its local area
Across Missouri’s 1082 tracked cities, Platte City ranks joint 370th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Platte City, MO pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Tracy pollen count (2 miles away)
- Ferrelview pollen count (6 miles away)
- Farley pollen count (6 miles away)
- Camden Point pollen count (6 miles away)
- Weston pollen count (8 miles away)
- Ridgely pollen count (9 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).