Tree Pollen Count in Valley Springs, SD — Today

Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pollen by type in Valley Springs

What is the tree pollen count in Valley Springs today?

The Valley Springs 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.

Valley Springs’s overall pollen count today is 23 (Low) across all types. See the full Valley Springs pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Valley Springs Tree Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Saturday, November 723Low
Sunday, November 817Low
Monday, November 912Low
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 Valley Springs’s overall trend across the week. Today’s tree pollen reading is the headline above.

Species driving Valley Springs’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 Valley Springs now — tree pollen

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

Valley Springs allergies today

Valley Springs allergies today are set by the same reading as the Valley Springs pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), and the tree pollen index on this page is 0.6 (Low) of it. When people ask about Valley Springs allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Valley Springs.

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

Valley Springs grass pollen count

Valley Springs ragweed pollen count

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

See Valley Springs 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 Valley Springs, 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).