Tree Pollen Count in Dell Rapids, SD

Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for Dell Rapids — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

Pollen by type in Dell Rapids

What is the tree pollen count in Dell Rapids today?

The Dell Rapids tree pollen index today is 0.6 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Dell Rapids’s overall pollen count today is 29 (Low) across all types. See the full Dell Rapids pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Dell Rapids Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Friday, November 629Low
Saturday, November 724Low
Sunday, November 818Low
Monday, November 912Low
Tuesday, November 105Low

Pollen Atlas models the daily detail as an overall index: day-by-day splits by individual pollen type are not part of the modelled data, so this table shows Dell Rapids’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Dell Rapids’s tree pollen

Species-level counts are not part of the modelled data Pollen Atlas publishes — the modelled index is reported per pollen type, not per species — so this section gives the type summary: tree pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

Plants affecting Dell Rapids now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Dell Rapids. The type summary stands: tree pollen reads 0.6 (Low) today.

In the Northern Plains pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are river-corridor cottonwood, elm and ash in spring, summer grasses, and a divided fall — ragweed in the east, sagebrush in the west — named here as regional context only, not as today’s readings.

Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.

What this tree pollen level means

Low risk. Keep windows open; consider allergy meds only if sensitive.

Enjoy outdoor activities.

River-corridor elm, cottonwood and ash open from March in South Dakota, while North Dakota’s trees flower in late spring, in May. This month sits outside the usual tree pollen window for the Northern Plains pattern, so today’s tree pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. The South Dakota allergy season guide singles out river-corridor cottonwood, elm and ash in spring, and a divided fall — ragweed in the east, sagebrush in the west.

Dell Rapids allergies today

Dell Rapids allergies today are set by the same reading as the Dell Rapids pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 29 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Dell Rapids allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Dell Rapids.

Allergies in Dell Rapids follow the South Dakota calendar set out on the full Dell Rapids page — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Dell Rapids before heading outdoors, the tree pollen split on this page is the part to read: it shows whether this pollen type is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.

Read the five-day overall trend above as the Dell Rapids allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Dell Rapids allergies are set to ease or build across the week, day by day — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the overall index steps down, not just today.

See the full Dell Rapids pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Dell Rapids grass pollen count

Dell Rapids ragweed pollen count

See how Dell Rapids ranks in today's pollen count rankings — the worst cities for allergies today

See Dell Rapids on the pollen map

Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory

South Dakota allergy season guide

Tree pollen season

Find an allergist in Dell Rapids, SD

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).