Grass Pollen Count in Grand Island, NE — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Grand Island

What is the grass pollen count in Grand Island today?

The Grand Island grass pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Grand Island’s overall pollen count today is 15 (Low) across all types. See the full Grand Island pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Grand Island is a city in Hall County, Nebraska. Its population is 52,761 (ACS 2023).

Grand Island Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 715Low
Sunday, November 812Low
Monday, November 98Low
Tuesday, November 105Low
Wednesday, November 115Low

Pollen Atlas models the daily detail as an overall index: day-by-day splits by individual pollen type are not part of the modelled data, so this table shows Grand Island’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Grand Island’s grass pollen

The modelled data reports grass as one combined index — there is no species-by-species split for grass anywhere in the data, so this page does not invent one. Today’s modelled grass index for Grand Island is 0.6 (Low), and the 5-day overall trend above shows the shape of the week.

As regional context only — not as today’s readings — in the South-Central Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, prairie grasses and late-summer ragweed.

The Nebraska allergy season guide singles out cottonwood along the rivers, tallgrass at prairie scale, and ragweed as the main event.

Plants affecting Grand Island now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Grand Island. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today.

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’s readings.

Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.

What this grass pollen level means

Low risk. Keep windows open; consider allergy meds only if sensitive.

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Prairie grasses take over in late May and hold the summer. This month sits outside the usual grass pollen window for the South-Central Plains pattern, so today’s grass pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The Nebraska allergy season guide singles out cottonwood along the rivers, tallgrass at prairie scale, and ragweed as the main event.

Grand Island allergies today

Grand Island allergies today are set by the same reading as the Grand Island pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 15 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Grand Island allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Grand Island.

Allergies in Grand Island follow the Nebraska calendar set out on the full Grand Island page — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Grand Island before heading outdoors, the grass pollen split on this page is the part to read: it shows whether this pollen type is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.

Read the five-day overall trend above as the Grand Island allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether Grand Island allergies are set to ease or build across the week, day by day — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the overall index steps down, not just today.

See the full Grand Island pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Grand Island tree pollen count

Grand Island ragweed pollen count

See how Grand Island ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today

See Grand Island on the pollen map

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory

Nebraska allergy season guide

Grass pollen season

Find an allergist in Grand Island, NE

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).