Ragweed Pollen Count in Rapid Valley, SD — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Rapid Valley

What is the ragweed pollen count in Rapid Valley today?

The Rapid Valley ragweed pollen index today is 27 (Low) on Pollen Atlas’s modelled 0–100 scale. Low

Modelled pollen risk index — not a measured count.

Ragweed pollen is the dominant allergen in Rapid Valley today. See the full Rapid Valley pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Rapid Valley Ragweed Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 721Low
Sunday, November 821Low
Monday, November 920Low
Tuesday, November 1020Low
Wednesday, November 1116Low

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 Rapid Valley’s overall trend across the week. Today’s ragweed pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Rapid Valley’s ragweed 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: ragweed pollen reads 27 (Low) today. The plant-by-plant detail that is available, from the Google Pollen API, is in the next section.

How to read this: the “ragweed” figure on this site is the modelled weed pollen index — the weed group (ragweed + mugwort) — printed under the ragweed name the rankings use.

Plants affecting Rapid Valley now — ragweed pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the ragweed pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Rapid Valley. The type summary stands: ragweed pollen reads 27 (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 ragweed pollen level means

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

Enjoy outdoor activities.

Ragweed in the east and sagebrush in the west run from August until the first hard frost. This month sits outside the usual ragweed pollen window for the Northern Plains pattern, so today’s ragweed 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.

Rapid Valley allergies today

Rapid Valley allergies today are set by the same reading as the Rapid Valley pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 21 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 27 (Low) of it. When people ask about Rapid Valley allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Rapid Valley.

Allergies in Rapid Valley follow the South Dakota calendar set out on the full Rapid Valley 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 Rapid Valley before heading outdoors, the ragweed 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 Rapid Valley allergy forecast for the ragweed pollen season: it shows whether Rapid Valley 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 Rapid Valley pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Rapid Valley tree pollen count

Rapid Valley grass pollen count

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

See Rapid Valley on the pollen map

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

South Dakota allergy season guide

Ragweed season

Find an allergist in Rapid Valley, 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).