Kiawah Island, SC Pollen Count Today

What is the Kiawah Island pollen count today?

The Kiawah Island pollen count today is 21 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Kiawah Island: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Kiawah Island allergies today

Kiawah Island allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 21 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Kiawah Island allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Kiawah Island.

Allergies in Kiawah Island follow the South Carolina 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 Kiawah Island 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 Kiawah Island allergy forecast: today reads 21 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Kiawah Island 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 Kiawah Island today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Kiawah Island allergy count today is 21 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Kiawah Island: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Kiawah Island’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 21 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Kiawah Island

• Kiawah Island tree pollen count
• Kiawah Island grass pollen count
• Kiawah Island ragweed pollen count

What is driving Kiawah Island’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 21 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 24 (Low on its own scale) — about 50% of the four category readings added together, 4 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 is the South Carolina calendar working as expected — November falls in the closing weeks of the state’s weed chapter.

Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Kiawah Island, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The South Carolina guide’s account of South Carolina names oak — the pine dust filming cars in the same weeks is a comparatively weak allergen — 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 15 to 21, never changing band. Today’s 21 sits 1 point above the window’s average of 19.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.

Plants affecting Kiawah Island now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Kiawah Island 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 4 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 24 (Low).

In the Southeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, warm-season 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.

Kiawah Island pollen through the year

The Kiawah Island pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Southeast pattern and the South Carolina calendar. Trees come first: trees can start as early as February and peak in April. Grasses take the middle of the year: grasses follow in May and run through the summer. Weeds close it out: ragweed runs from mid-August to the first frost. Mold is the quiet fourth player, sustained by river-valley humidity between the pollen waves.

The South Carolina allergy season guide names oak — the pine dust filming cars in the same weeks is a comparatively weak allergen. South Carolina’s season opens in February in warm years and can still be going in November in the southern half of the state; Greenville ranked ninth in the AAFA’s 2025 Allergy Capitals report. Warm-season grasses such as Bermuda grass pollinate from late spring deep into summer, with mold layered over the humid middle of the year.

November in Kiawah Island sits inside the weed chapter of the South Carolina year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters cover 10 months of the South Carolina year, February to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the South Carolina allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Kiawah Island 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 Kiawah Island, SC 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.

Kiawah Island in today’s national picture

At 21 (Low), Kiawah Island ranks joint 46929th 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 Kiawah Island: Folly Beach, SC (7 miles away) reads 23 (Low); Seabrook Island, SC (8 miles away) reads 21 (Low); Rockville, SC (8 miles away) reads 21 (Low). Kiawah Island reads 2 points lower than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across South Carolina’s 472 tracked cities, today runs from 13 in Keowee Key to 28 in Hamer.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Kiawah Island resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Kiawah Island, SC 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.

Kiawah Island in its local area

Across South Carolina’s 472 tracked cities, Kiawah Island ranks joint 42nd today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Kiawah Island, SC pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Folly Beach pollen count (7 miles away)
• Seabrook Island pollen count (8 miles away)
• Rockville pollen count (8 miles away)
• James Island pollen count (11 miles away)
• Hollywood pollen count (12 miles away)
• Meggett pollen count (13 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• South Carolina allergy season
• Ragweed season