Pine Knoll Shores, NC Pollen Count Today
Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll Shores Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Pine Knoll Shores residents check each morning
The Pine Knoll Shores pollen count today is 8 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 9 today. Tree pollen is the highest single category in the split at 9 (Low), ahead of weed pollen at 9 and grass pollen at 2. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. 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 tree pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll Shores pollen forecast below — it is currently rising, with Sunday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Pine Knoll Shores residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Pine Knoll Shores pollen count today?
The Pine Knoll Shores 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 Pine Knoll Shores: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Pine Knoll Shores allergies today
Pine Knoll Shores 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 Pine Knoll Shores allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Pine Knoll Shores.
Allergies in Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll Shores allergy forecast: today reads 8 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll Shores today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Pine Knoll Shores allergy count today is 8 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Pine Knoll Shores: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 8 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 17 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 17 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 17 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 17 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Pine Knoll Shores’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 17 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Pine Knoll Shores
What is driving Pine Knoll Shores’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 8 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 9 (Low on its own scale) — about 45% of the four category readings added together, level with weed pollen at 9. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the North Carolina tree chapter runs February to May — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Pine Knoll 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 8 to 17, never changing band. Today’s 8 sits 7 points below the window’s average of 15.2 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Pine Knoll Shores now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Pine Knoll 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 9 (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 9 (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.
Pine Knoll Shores pollen through the year
The Pine Knoll Shores pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Southeast pattern and the North Carolina calendar. Trees come first: trees can start as early as February and peak in April. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses follow in May and run through the summer. Weeds close it out: 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 Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll 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.
Pine Knoll Shores in today’s national picture
At 8 (Low), Pine Knoll Shores ranks joint 83376th 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 Pine Knoll Shores: Brandywine Bay, NC (3 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Indian Beach, NC (4 miles away) reads 12 (Low); Atlantic Beach, NC (5 miles away) reads 10 (Low). Pine Knoll 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 Pine Knoll Shores resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Pine Knoll 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.
Pine Knoll Shores in its local area
Across North Carolina’s 774 tracked cities, Pine Knoll Shores ranks joint 766th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Pine Knoll Shores, NC pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Brandywine Bay pollen count (3 miles away)
- Indian Beach pollen count (4 miles away)
- Atlantic Beach pollen count (5 miles away)
- Broad Creek pollen count (6 miles away)
- Morehead City pollen count (6 miles away)
- Newport pollen count (6 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).