West Cape May, NJ Pollen Count Today
West Cape May, 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 West Cape May Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count West Cape May residents check each morning
The West Cape May pollen count today is 9 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 11 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 11 while tree pollen is just 0.6 and grass pollen 1. Plant-by-plant detail for West Cape May, NJ follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. 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 West Cape May 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 West Cape May pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Sunday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count West Cape May residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the West Cape May pollen count today?
The West Cape May pollen count today is 9 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today West Cape May: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
West Cape May allergies today
West Cape May allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 9 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about West Cape May allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for West Cape May.
Allergies in West Cape May 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 West Cape May 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 West Cape May allergy forecast: today reads 9 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether West Cape May 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 West Cape May today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The West Cape May allergy count today is 9 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today West Cape May: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 9 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 19 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 15 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 19 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 19 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts West Cape May’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 19 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in West Cape May
What is driving West Cape May’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 9 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 11 (Low on its own scale) — about 87% of the four category readings added together, 10 points clear of the next category, grass pollen at 1. 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 West Cape May, 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 9 to 19, never changing band. Today’s 9 sits 7 points below the window’s average of 16.2 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting West Cape May now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for West Cape May 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 1 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 11 (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.
West Cape May pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the West Cape May pollen year runs like this:
- Trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May.
- Grasses hold from late May into July.
- 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 West Cape May 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 West Cape May, 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.
West Cape May in today’s national picture
At 9 (Low), West Cape May ranks joint 82111th 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 West Cape May: Cape May Point, NJ (1 miles away) reads 8 (Low); Cape May, NJ (2 miles away) reads 9 (Low); North Cape May, NJ (3 miles away) reads 7 (Low). West Cape May reads 1 point 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 West Cape May resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in West Cape May, 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.
West Cape May in its local area
Across New Jersey’s 707 tracked cities, West Cape May ranks joint 634th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the West Cape May, NJ 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).