Kernersville, NC Pollen Count Today

What is the Kernersville pollen count today?

The Kernersville 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 Kernersville: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Kernersville allergies today

Kernersville 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 Kernersville allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Kernersville.

Allergies in Kernersville 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 Kernersville 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 Kernersville allergy forecast: today reads 17 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Kernersville 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 Kernersville today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Kernersville allergy count today is 17 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Kernersville: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Kernersville’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 17 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Kernersville

• Kernersville tree pollen count
• Kernersville grass pollen count
• Kernersville ragweed pollen count

What is driving Kernersville’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 17 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 22 (Low on its own scale) — about 81% of the four category readings added together, 18 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 Kernersville, 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 17 to 17, never changing band. Today’s 17 sits level with the window’s average of 17 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Kernersville now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Kernersville 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 22 (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.

Kernersville pollen through the year

Three chapters make the North Carolina pollen year, and Kernersville 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 Kernersville 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 Kernersville 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 Kernersville, 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.

Kernersville in today’s national picture

At 17 (Low), Kernersville 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 Kernersville: Walkertown, NC (6 miles away) reads 16 (Low); Oak Ridge, NC (7 miles away) reads 15 (Low); Wallburg, NC (8 miles away) reads 16 (Low). Kernersville reads 1 point higher than 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 Kernersville resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Kernersville, 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.

Kernersville in its local area

Kernersville is a town spanning Forsyth County and Guilford County in North Carolina. Its population is 27,439 (ACS 2023).

Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, Kernersville ranks joint 283rd today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Kernersville, NC pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Walkertown pollen count (6 miles away)
• Oak Ridge pollen count (7 miles away)
• Wallburg pollen count (8 miles away)
• High Point pollen count (9 miles away)
• Winston-Salem pollen count (10 miles away)
• Stokesdale pollen count (10 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• North Carolina allergy season
• Ragweed season