Dakota City, NE Pollen Count Today
Dakota City, NE · 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 Dakota City Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Dakota City residents check each morning
The Dakota City pollen count today is 27 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 35 today. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 0.6, weed pollen 35. 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 weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Dakota City 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. In the Plains and around the Great Lakes, ragweed is a familiar late-season plant of open ground, field edges and disturbed soil, which is why it so often leads inland autumn readings.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Dakota City pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Dakota City residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Dakota City pollen count today?
The Dakota City pollen count today is 27 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Dakota City: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Dakota City allergies today
Dakota City allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 27 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Dakota City allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Dakota City.
Allergies in Dakota City follow the Nebraska 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 Dakota City 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 Dakota City allergy forecast: today reads 27 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Dakota City 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 Dakota City today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Dakota City allergy count today is 27 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Dakota City: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 27 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 26 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 26 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 26 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 26 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Dakota City’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 27 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Dakota City
What is driving Dakota City’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 27 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 35 (Low on its own scale) — about 97% of the four category readings added together, 34.4 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 Nebraska 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 Dakota City, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Nebraska guide’s account of Nebraska names cottonwood along the rivers, tallgrass at prairie scale, and ragweed as the main event — 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 26 to 27, never changing band. Today’s 27 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 26.2 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Dakota City now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Dakota City 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 35 (Low).
In the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie 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.
Dakota City pollen through the year
The Dakota City pollen year runs in chapters, set by the South-Central Plains pattern and the Nebraska calendar. Trees come first: river-corridor trees open from February — elm and maple first, then oak and hickory. Grasses take the middle of the year: prairie grasses take over in late May and hold the summer. Weeds close it out: ragweed builds from mid-August to the first hard frost, carried county to county by plains wind. Mold shares the long middle of the year, fed by river-bottom humidity.
The Nebraska allergy season guide names cottonwood along the rivers, tallgrass at prairie scale, and ragweed as the main event. Plains wind redistributes Nebraska pollen across counties within the day, so a light local cast can still produce serious regional days. Grass takes over from late May and holds the summer, on native tallgrass prairie, pasture and hay meadow at a scale no lawn state matches.
November falls between the main chapters of the Nebraska 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 9 months of the Nebraska year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the Nebraska allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Dakota City 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 Dakota City, NE 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.
Dakota City in today’s national picture
At 27 (Low), Dakota City ranks joint 26434th 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 Dakota City: South Sioux City, NE (3 miles away) reads 21 (Low); Sergeant Bluff, IA (4 miles away) reads 27 (Low); Sioux City, IA (6 miles away) reads 21 (Low). Dakota City reads 6 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Nebraska’s 593 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Harrison to 29 in Arlington.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Dakota City resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Dakota City, NE 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.
Dakota City in its local area
Across Nebraska’s 593 tracked cities, Dakota City ranks joint 66th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Dakota City, NE pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
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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).