Apex, NC Pollen Count
Apex, NC · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Apex — 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 Apex Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
This reading is the forecast point shared with Cary, NC — 2 nearby places use the same point; Apex is 7.3 km from it.
Pollen count Apex residents check each morning
The Apex pollen count today is 8 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 10 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 10 while tree pollen is just 4 and grass pollen 1. Plant-by-plant detail for Apex, NC follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. 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 Apex 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.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Apex pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Apex residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Apex pollen count today?
The Apex pollen count today is 8 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Apex: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Apex allergies today
Apex allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 8 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Apex allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Apex.
Allergies in Apex follow the North Carolina 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 Apex 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 Apex allergy forecast: today reads 8 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Apex 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 Apex today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Apex allergy count today is 8 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Apex: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 8 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 19 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 19 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 19 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 18 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Apex’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 19 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Apex
What is driving Apex’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 8 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 10 (Low on its own scale) — about 67% of the four category readings added together, 6 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 4. 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 is the North Carolina calendar working as expected — November falls in the closing weeks of the state’s weed chapter.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Apex, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The North Carolina guide’s account of North Carolina names oak-family pollens — not the visible pine dust, which is a weak allergen flowering in the same weeks — 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 8 to 19, never changing band. Today’s 8 sits 9 points below the window’s average of 16.6 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Apex now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Apex 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 4 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 1 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 10 (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.
Apex pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Apex 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 North Carolina allergy season guide names oak-family pollens — not the visible pine dust, which is a weak allergen flowering in the same weeks. Charlotte and Raleigh often peak on the same warm, dry spring days, because the same Piedmont tree mix dominates both metros — and Raleigh placed in the national top ten of the AAFA’s 2025 Allergy Capitals report. The Piedmont’s spring Tree Index peaks weeks before the mountain season at higher elevations, and weeks after the coastal plain begins.
November in Apex sits inside the weed chapter of the North Carolina 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 North Carolina year, February to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the North Carolina allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Apex 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 Apex, NC 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.
Apex in today’s national picture
At 8 (Low), Apex ranks joint 81632nd 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 Apex: Cary, NC (5 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Holly Springs, NC (5 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Morrisville, NC (8 miles away) reads 8 (Low). Apex reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Troy to 26 in Ocracoke.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Apex resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Apex, NC 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.
Apex in its local area
Apex is a town spanning Wake County and Chatham County in North Carolina. Its population is 67,765 (ACS 2023).
Apex sits 5 miles southwest of Cary, NC — the anchor of the forecast-point group this reading belongs to. Within the group of 2, Apex ranks joint 1st; across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, it ranks joint 434th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Apex, NC pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Cary pollen count (5 miles away)
- Holly Springs pollen count (5 miles away)
- Morrisville pollen count (8 miles away)
- Fuquay-Varina pollen count (11 miles away)
- Governors Village pollen count (12 miles away)
- Carolina Meadows pollen count (12 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).