New Bern, NC Pollen Count
New Bern, NC · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for New Bern — 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 New Bern Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count New Bern residents check each morning
The New Bern pollen count today is 12 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 14 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 14 while tree pollen is just 10 and grass pollen 2. Plant-by-plant detail for New Bern, 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 New Bern 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 New Bern pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Monday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count New Bern residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the New Bern pollen count today?
The New Bern pollen count today is 12 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today New Bern: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
New Bern allergies today
New Bern allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 12 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about New Bern allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for New Bern.
Allergies in New Bern 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 New Bern 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 New Bern allergy forecast: today reads 12 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether New Bern 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 New Bern today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The New Bern allergy count today is 12 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today New Bern: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 12 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 8 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 15 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 16 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 16 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts New Bern’s pollen count to peak on Monday at 16 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in New Bern
What is driving New Bern’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 12 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 14 (Low on its own scale) — about 54% of the four category readings added together, 4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 10. 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 New Bern, 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 16, never changing band. Today’s 12 sits 1 point below the window’s average of 13.4 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting New Bern now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for New Bern 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 10 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 2 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 14 (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.
New Bern pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the New Bern 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 New Bern 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 New Bern 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 New Bern, 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.
New Bern in today’s national picture
At 12 (Low), New Bern ranks joint 74231st 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 New Bern: Trent Woods, NC (1 miles away) reads 12 (Low); Bridgeton, NC (4 miles away) reads 11 (Low); Brices Creek, NC (4 miles away) reads 11 (Low). New Bern 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 New Bern resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in New Bern, 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.
New Bern in its local area
New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina. Its population is 31,563 (ACS 2023).
Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, New Bern ranks joint 185th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the New Bern, NC pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Trent Woods pollen count (1 miles away)
- Bridgeton pollen count (4 miles away)
- Brices Creek pollen count (4 miles away)
- River Bend pollen count (5 miles away)
- James City pollen count (6 miles away)
- Fairfield Harbour pollen count (7 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).