Rainbow Lakes, NJ Pollen Count Today
Rainbow 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 Rainbow Lakes Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Rainbow Lakes residents check each morning
The Rainbow Lakes pollen count today is 16 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 21 today. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 0.6, weed pollen 21. 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 Rainbow 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 Rainbow Lakes pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Rainbow Lakes residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Rainbow Lakes pollen count today?
The Rainbow Lakes pollen count today is 16 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Rainbow Lakes: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Rainbow Lakes allergies today
Rainbow Lakes allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 16 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Rainbow Lakes allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Rainbow Lakes.
Allergies in Rainbow 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 Rainbow 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 Rainbow Lakes allergy forecast: today reads 16 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Rainbow 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 Rainbow Lakes today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Rainbow Lakes allergy count today is 16 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Rainbow Lakes: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 16 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 16 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 16 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 15 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 14 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Rainbow Lakes’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 16 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Rainbow Lakes
What is driving Rainbow Lakes’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 16 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 21 (Low on its own scale) — about 95% of the four category readings added together, 20.4 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 Rainbow 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 14 to 16, never changing band. Today’s 16 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 15.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Rainbow Lakes now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Rainbow 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 21 (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.
Rainbow Lakes pollen through the year
The Rainbow Lakes pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Northeast pattern and the New Jersey calendar. Trees come first: trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses hold from late May into July. Weeds close it out: 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.
The New Jersey allergy season guide names oak, the spring heavyweight statewide, with maple sharing the stage and birch earning a real billing in the northwestern hills. 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.
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 Rainbow 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 Rainbow 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.
Rainbow Lakes in today’s national picture
At 16 (Low), Rainbow Lakes ranks joint 65321st 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 Rainbow Lakes: Mount Tabor, NJ (1 miles away) reads 16 (Low); Mountain Lakes, NJ (1 miles away) reads 23 (Low); Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ (2 miles away) reads 23 (Low). Rainbow Lakes reads exactly level with 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 Rainbow Lakes resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Rainbow 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.
Rainbow Lakes in its local area
Across New Jersey’s 707 tracked cities, Rainbow Lakes ranks joint 441st today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Rainbow Lakes, NJ pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Mount Tabor pollen count (1 miles away)
- Mountain Lakes pollen count (1 miles away)
- Parsippany-Troy Hills pollen count (2 miles away)
- Parsippany pollen count (2 miles away)
- Morris Plains pollen count (3 miles away)
- Boonton 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).