Grass Pollen Count in Mead, NE

Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for Mead — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen by type in Mead

What is the grass pollen count in Mead today?

The Mead grass pollen index today is 1 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Mead’s overall pollen count today is 27 (Low) across all types. See the full Mead pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Mead Grass Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Friday, November 627Low
Saturday, November 727Low
Sunday, November 827Low
Monday, November 927Low
Tuesday, November 1026Low

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 Mead’s overall trend across the week. Today’s grass pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Mead’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 Mead is 1 (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 Mead now — grass pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the grass pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Mead. The type summary stands: grass pollen reads 1 (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.

Mead allergies today

Mead allergies today are set by the same reading as the Mead pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 27 (Low), and the grass pollen index on this page is 1 (Low) of it. When people ask about Mead allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Mead.

Allergies in Mead follow the Nebraska calendar set out on the full Mead 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 Mead 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 Mead allergy forecast for the grass pollen season: it shows whether Mead 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 Mead pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Mead tree pollen count

Mead ragweed pollen count

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

See Mead 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 Mead, 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).