Decatur, MS Pollen Count

What is the Decatur pollen count today?

The Decatur pollen count today is 16 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Decatur: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Decatur allergies today

Decatur allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 16 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Decatur allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Decatur.

Allergies in Decatur follow the Mississippi 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 Decatur 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 Decatur allergy forecast: today reads 16 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Decatur 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 Decatur today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Decatur allergy count today is 16 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Decatur: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Decatur’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 16 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Decatur

• Decatur tree pollen count
• Decatur grass pollen count
• Decatur ragweed pollen count

What is driving Decatur’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 16 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 18 (Low on its own scale) — about 46% of the four category readings added together, level with weed pollen at 18. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Mississippi tree chapter runs February to May — 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 Decatur, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Mississippi guide’s account of Mississippi names oak, pine and hickory in spring — the famous yellow pine dust is highly visible but only part of the spring story — 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 14 to 16, never changing band. Today’s 16 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 15.2 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Decatur now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Decatur 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 18 (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 18 (Low).

In the Southeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, warm-season 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.

Decatur pollen through the year

Chapter by chapter, the Decatur pollen year runs like this:

• Trees can start as early as February and peak in April.
• Grasses follow in May and run through the summer.
• Ragweed runs from mid-August to the first frost.
• Mold is the quiet fourth player, sustained by river-valley humidity between the pollen waves.

The Mississippi allergy season guide names oak, pine and hickory in spring — the famous yellow pine dust is highly visible but only part of the spring story. Mississippi’s outdoor season can begin with tree pollen in February and stretch into November, among the longest runs anywhere in the United States. The University of Mississippi Medical Center notes that tree pollen has historically posed its biggest threat from early March through April, with grasses following from May into July and ragweed from September through October.

November in Decatur sits inside the weed chapter of the Mississippi year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters cover 10 months of the Mississippi year, February to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the Mississippi allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Decatur 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 Decatur, MS 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.

Decatur in today’s national picture

At 16 (Low), Decatur ranks joint 63579th 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 Decatur: Newton, MS (7 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Conehatta, MS (9 miles away) reads 15 (Low); Union, MS (9 miles away) reads 15 (Low). Decatur reads 1 point lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Mississippi’s 426 tracked cities, today runs from 13 in Abbeville to 29 in Hollandale.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Decatur resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Decatur, MS 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.

Decatur in its local area

Across Mississippi’s 426 tracked cities, Decatur ranks joint 275th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Decatur, MS pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Newton pollen count (7 miles away)
• Conehatta pollen count (9 miles away)
• Union pollen count (9 miles away)
• Hickory pollen count (10 miles away)
• Chunky pollen count (13 miles away)
• Lake pollen count (14 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Mississippi allergy season
• Ragweed season