Carolina Shores, NC Pollen Count Today
Carolina Shores, NC · Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
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 Carolina Shores Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Carolina Shores residents check each morning
The Carolina Shores pollen count today is 17 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 19 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 19 (Low on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 17 and grass pollen at 3. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Saturday, November 7, 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 Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Carolina Shores residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Carolina Shores pollen count today?
The Carolina Shores pollen count today is 17 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Carolina Shores: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Carolina Shores allergies today
Carolina Shores allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 17 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Carolina Shores allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Carolina Shores.
Allergies in Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores allergy forecast: today reads 17 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Carolina Shores allergy count today is 17 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Carolina Shores: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 17 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 15 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 15 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 16 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 16 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Carolina Shores’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 17 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Carolina Shores
What is driving Carolina Shores’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 17 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 19 (Low on its own scale) — about 49% of the four category readings added together, 2 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 17. 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 Carolina Shores, 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 15 to 17, never changing band. Today’s 17 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 15.8 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Carolina Shores now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Carolina Shores 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 17 (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 19 (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.
Carolina Shores pollen through the year
Three chapters make the North Carolina pollen year, and Carolina Shores follows them in the Southeast order. The tree chapter: trees can start as early as February and peak in April. The grass chapter: grasses follow in May and run through the summer. The weed chapter: ragweed runs from mid-August to the first frost. Mold is the quiet fourth player, sustained by river-valley humidity between the pollen waves.
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. The North Carolina guide singles out oak-family pollens — not the visible pine dust, which is a weak allergen flowering in the same weeks.
November in Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores 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 Carolina Shores, 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.
Carolina Shores in today’s national picture
At 17 (Low), Carolina Shores ranks joint 61701st of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Carolina Shores: Calabash, NC (2 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Sunset Beach, NC (4 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Little River, SC (4 miles away) reads 17 (Low). Carolina Shores reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, today runs from 7 in Kitty Hawk to 28 in Rowland.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Carolina Shores resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Carolina Shores, 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.
Carolina Shores in its local area
Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, Carolina Shores ranks joint 283rd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Carolina Shores, NC pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Calabash pollen count (2 miles away)
- Sunset Beach pollen count (4 miles away)
- Ocean Isle Beach pollen count (7 miles away)
- Shallotte pollen count (12 miles away)
- Holden Beach pollen count (14 miles away)
- Varnamtown pollen count (20 miles away)
From Pollen Atlas News
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).