Zap, ND Pollen Count

What is the Zap pollen count today?

The Zap pollen count today is 24 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Zap: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Zap allergies today

Zap allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 24 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Zap allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Zap.

Allergies in Zap follow the North Dakota 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 Zap 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 Zap allergy forecast: today reads 24 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Zap 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 Zap today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Zap allergy count today is 24 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Zap: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Zap’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 24 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Zap

• Zap tree pollen count
• Zap grass pollen count
• Zap ragweed pollen count

What is driving Zap’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 24 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 31 (Low on its own scale) — about 96% of the four category readings added together, 30.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. 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 runs against the usual calendar — the North Dakota weed chapter runs August to October — 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 Zap, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The North Dakota guide’s account of North Dakota names ragweed, heaviest in the Red River Valley, over river cottonwood and town elm in late spring — 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 23 to 24, never changing band. Today’s 24 sits 0 points above the window’s average of 23.6 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.

Plants affecting Zap now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Zap 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 0.6 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 31 (Low).

In the Northern Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are river-corridor cottonwood, elm and ash in spring, summer grasses, and a divided fall — ragweed in the east, sagebrush in the west — 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.

Zap pollen through the year

The Zap pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Northern Plains pattern and the North Dakota calendar. Trees come first: river-corridor elm, cottonwood and ash open from March in South Dakota, while North Dakota’s trees flower in late spring, in May. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses run from May into July, peaking in June and July. Weeds close it out: ragweed in the east and sagebrush in the west run from August until the first hard frost.

The North Dakota allergy season guide names ragweed, heaviest in the Red River Valley, over river cottonwood and town elm in late spring. North Dakota’s outdoor season is compressed, typically running from late April into October, with hard winters providing a long, genuine off-season. The Red River Valley in the east records the state’s heaviest ragweed, thanks to flat, fertile fields, ditches and disturbed ground.

November falls between the main chapters of the North Dakota pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 8 months of the North Dakota year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the North Dakota allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Zap 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 Zap, ND 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.

Zap in today’s national picture

At 24 (Low), Zap ranks joint 39349th 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 Zap: Golden Valley, ND (7 miles away) reads 24 (Low); Beulah, ND (7 miles away) reads 22 (Low); Dodge, ND (13 miles away) reads 22 (Low). Zap reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across North Dakota’s 406 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Grand Forks to 30 in Horace.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Zap resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Zap, ND 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.

Zap in its local area

Across North Dakota’s 406 tracked cities, Zap ranks joint 110th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Zap, ND pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Golden Valley pollen count (7 miles away)
• Beulah pollen count (7 miles away)
• Dodge pollen count (13 miles away)
• Hazen pollen count (14 miles away)
• Halliday pollen count (20 miles away)
• Stanton pollen count (25 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• North Dakota allergy season
• Ragweed season