Tree Pollen Count in Lake City, SD — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Lake City

What is the tree pollen count in Lake City today?

The Lake City 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.

Lake City’s overall pollen count today is 21 (Low) across all types. See the full Lake City pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Lake City Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 721Low
Sunday, November 816Low
Monday, November 911Low
Tuesday, November 105Low
Wednesday, November 115Low

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 Lake City’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Lake City’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 Lake City now — tree pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the tree pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Lake City. 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.

Lake City allergies today

Lake City allergies today are set by the same reading as the Lake City pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 21 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Lake City allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Lake City.

Allergies in Lake City follow the South Dakota calendar set out on the full Lake City 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 Lake City 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 Lake City allergy forecast for the tree pollen season: it shows whether Lake City 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 Lake City pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Lake City grass pollen count

Lake City ragweed pollen count

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

See Lake City 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 Lake City, 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).