Whitney, NV Pollen Count
Whitney, NV · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Whitney — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
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 Whitney Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Whitney residents check each morning
The Whitney pollen count today is 27 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 32 today. The full split is tree pollen 20, grass pollen 3, weed pollen 32. 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 Friday, November 6, 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 Whitney page.
Higher-elevation Mountain West cities generally run a shorter outdoor pollen season than the coasts or the South, with the main tree and grass activity compressed into the warmer months. Autumn and winter pages in this region are therefore commonly quiet, with low totals built from small weed and mold values. A low reading in this region and season is the expected pattern, and any future rise will show first in the category split and the forecast, not in the headline alone.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Whitney pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Whitney residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Whitney pollen count today?
The Whitney pollen count today is 27 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Whitney: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Whitney allergies today
Whitney allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 27 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Whitney allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Whitney.
Allergies in Whitney follow the Nevada 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 Whitney 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 Whitney allergy forecast: today reads 27 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Whitney 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 Whitney today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Whitney allergy count today is 27 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Whitney: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 27 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 27 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 25 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 25 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 24 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Whitney’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 27 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Whitney
What is driving Whitney’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 27 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 32 (Low on its own scale) — about 58% of the four category readings added together, 12 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 20. 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 Nevada 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 Whitney, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Nevada guide’s account of Nevada names mulberry, the headline pollen of the desert spring, with olive and ash — 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 24 to 27, never changing band. Today’s 27 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 25.6 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Whitney now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Whitney 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 20 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 3 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 32 (Low).
In the Mountain West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees and late-spring grasses in a compressed warm-season window — 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.
Whitney pollen through the year
The Whitney pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Mountain West pattern and the Nevada calendar. Trees come first: juniper can arrive in late winter, and the main tree wave builds in spring — as late as April at Denver’s altitude. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses follow in a compressed early-summer run. Weeds close it out: ragweed and sagebrush-family weeds close the year from late summer.
The Nevada allergy season guide names mulberry, the headline pollen of the desert spring, with olive and ash. Las Vegas imported its pollen: heavy producers — fruitless mulberry, olive and ash — were planted as street and yard trees across the valley, and tree pollen can build there as early as February. Clark County reporting has described local rules restricting new plantings of fruitless mulberry, adopted in response to the tree’s heavy pollen output; the mature trees already planted remain in place.
November falls between the main chapters of the Nevada 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 9 months of the Nevada year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the Nevada allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Whitney 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 whatever the month. 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.
Whitney in today’s national picture
At 27 (Low), Whitney ranks joint 28993rd of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Whitney: Sunrise Manor, NV (5 miles away) reads 27 (Low); Paradise, NV (6 miles away) reads 27 (Low); Winchester, NV (6 miles away) reads 27 (Low). Whitney reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Nevada’s 132 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Carson City to 31 in Goodsprings.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Whitney resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Whitney, NV 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.
Whitney in its local area
Whitney is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada. Its population is 46,268 (ACS 2023).
Across Nevada’s 132 tracked cities, Whitney ranks joint 11th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Whitney, NV pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Sunrise Manor pollen count (5 miles away)
- Paradise pollen count (6 miles away)
- Winchester pollen count (6 miles away)
- Henderson pollen count (6 miles away)
- Las Vegas pollen count (7 miles away)
- Nellis AFB pollen count (10 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).