Tree Pollen Count in Carrboro, NC

Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

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

Pollen by type in Carrboro

What is the tree pollen count in Carrboro today?

The Carrboro tree pollen index today is 2 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Carrboro’s overall pollen count today is 6 (Low) across all types. See the full Carrboro pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Carrboro is a town in Orange County, North Carolina. Its population is 21,170 (ACS 2023).

Carrboro Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Friday, November 66Low
Saturday, November 715Low
Sunday, November 815Low
Monday, November 915Low
Tuesday, November 1015Low

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

Species driving Carrboro’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 2 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

Plants affecting Carrboro now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Carrboro. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 2 (Low) today.

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’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.

Trees can start as early as February and peak in April. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the Southeast pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The North Carolina allergy season guide singles out oak-family pollens — not the visible pine dust, which is a weak allergen flowering in the same weeks.

Carrboro allergies today

Carrboro allergies today are set by the same reading as the Carrboro pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 6 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 2 (Low) of it. When people ask about Carrboro allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Carrboro.

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

Carrboro grass pollen count

Carrboro ragweed pollen count

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

See Carrboro on the pollen map

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

North Carolina allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in Carrboro, NC

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).