Mountain Lakes, NJ Pollen Count Today
Mountain Lakes, NJ · 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 Mountain Lakes Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Mountain Lakes residents check each morning
The Mountain Lakes pollen count today is 23 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 30 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 30 (Low on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 0.6 and grass pollen at 0.6. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. 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 Mountain Lakes 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 Northeast, autumn weed pollen typically winds down as colder nights arrive, so late-season totals can change quickly from week to week.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Mountain Lakes pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Mountain Lakes residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Mountain Lakes pollen count today?
The Mountain Lakes pollen count today is 23 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Mountain Lakes: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Mountain Lakes allergies today
Mountain Lakes allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Mountain Lakes allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Mountain Lakes.
Allergies in Mountain Lakes follow the New Jersey 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 Mountain Lakes 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 Mountain Lakes allergy forecast: today reads 23 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Mountain Lakes 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 Mountain Lakes today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Mountain Lakes allergy count today is 23 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Mountain Lakes: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 23 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 22 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 22 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 22 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 20 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Mountain Lakes’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 23 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Mountain Lakes
What is driving Mountain Lakes’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 23 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 30 (Low on its own scale) — about 96% of the four category readings added together, 29.4 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 New Jersey 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 Mountain Lakes, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The New Jersey guide’s account of New Jersey names oak, the spring heavyweight statewide, with maple sharing the stage and birch earning a real billing in the northwestern hills — 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 20 to 23, never changing band. Today’s 23 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 21.8 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Mountain Lakes now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Mountain Lakes 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 30 (Low).
In the Northeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring 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.
Mountain Lakes pollen through the year
Three chapters make the New Jersey pollen year, and Mountain Lakes follows them in the Northeast order. The tree chapter: trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May. The grass chapter: grasses hold from late May into July. The weed chapter: ragweed builds from mid-August, peaks in September, and is ended by the first hard frost. Mold tracks the region’s humidity rather than a flowering calendar, and it fills the gaps between chapters.
North Jersey runs on New York’s clock and South Jersey on Philadelphia’s slightly earlier one, so the state’s two ends can open their springs weeks apart. The Pine Barrens’ pine pollen coats ponds, cars and porches in yellow dust each spring, but pine grains are comparatively weak allergens; the oaks sharing the Barrens’ canopy are its real contribution. The New Jersey guide singles out oak, the spring heavyweight statewide, with maple sharing the stage and birch earning a real billing in the northwestern hills.
November falls between the main chapters of the New Jersey 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 New Jersey year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the New Jersey allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Mountain Lakes 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 Mountain Lakes, NJ 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.
Mountain Lakes in today’s national picture
At 23 (Low), Mountain Lakes ranks joint 40203rd 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 Mountain Lakes: Rainbow Lakes, NJ (1 miles away) reads 16 (Low); Boonton, NJ (2 miles away) reads 23 (Low); Mount Tabor, NJ (2 miles away) reads 16 (Low). Mountain Lakes reads 7 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across New Jersey’s 707 tracked cities, today runs from 6 in Smithville to 29 in Hackensack.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Mountain Lakes resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Mountain Lakes, NJ 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.
Mountain Lakes in its local area
Across New Jersey’s 707 tracked cities, Mountain Lakes ranks joint 142nd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Mountain Lakes, NJ pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Rainbow Lakes pollen count (1 miles away)
- Boonton pollen count (2 miles away)
- Mount Tabor pollen count (2 miles away)
- Parsippany-Troy Hills pollen count (2 miles away)
- Parsippany pollen count (2 miles away)
- Lake Hiawatha pollen count (3 miles away)
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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).