Tree Pollen Count in West Plains, MO

Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for West Plains — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen by type in West Plains

What is the tree pollen count in West Plains today?

The West Plains 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.

West Plains’s overall pollen count today is 17 (Low) across all types. See the full West Plains pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

West Plains is a city in Howell County, Missouri. Its population is 12,341 (ACS 2023).

West Plains Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Friday, November 617Low
Saturday, November 715Low
Sunday, November 815Low
Monday, November 917Low
Tuesday, November 1017Low

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 West Plains’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving West Plains’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 West Plains now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for West Plains. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 0.6 (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 tree pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

River-corridor trees open from February — elm and maple first, then oak and hickory. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the South-Central Plains pattern, so today’s tree 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.

West Plains allergies today

West Plains allergies today are set by the same reading as the West Plains pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 17 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about West Plains allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for West Plains.

Allergies in West Plains follow the Missouri calendar set out on the full West Plains 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 West Plains 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 West Plains allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether West Plains 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 West Plains pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

West Plains grass pollen count

West Plains ragweed pollen count

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

See West Plains on the pollen map

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

Missouri allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in West Plains, 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).