Cottontown, TN Pollen Count Today
Cottontown, TN · Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Cottontown Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Cottontown residents check each morning
The Cottontown pollen count today is 20 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 26 today. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 1, weed pollen 26. The sections below break that headline number down by plant, by day and by what the band means in practice. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Cottontown page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Cottontown pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Cottontown residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Cottontown pollen count today?
The Cottontown pollen count today is 20 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Cottontown: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Cottontown allergies today
Cottontown allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 20 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Cottontown allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Cottontown.
Allergies in Cottontown follow the Tennessee 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 Cottontown 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 Cottontown allergy forecast: today reads 20 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Cottontown 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 Cottontown today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Cottontown allergy count today is 20 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Cottontown: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 20 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 18 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 19 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 13 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Cottontown’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 20 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Cottontown
What is driving Cottontown’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 20 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 26 (Low on its own scale) — about 94% of the four category readings added together, 25 points clear of the next category, grass pollen at 1. 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 Tennessee 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 Cottontown, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Tennessee guide’s account of Tennessee names a heavy ragweed fall, with river-valley mold sustained between the pollen waves — 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 13 to 20, never changing band. Today’s 20 sits 2 points above the window’s average of 17.6 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Cottontown now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Cottontown 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 0.6 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 1 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 26 (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.
Cottontown pollen through the year
The Cottontown pollen year runs in chapters, set by the Southeast pattern and the Tennessee 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 Tennessee allergy season guide names a heavy ragweed fall, with river-valley mold sustained between the pollen waves. The AAFA’s 2025 Allergy Capitals report ranked Memphis in the top five most challenging US cities for seasonal allergies. Elevation matters within the state: the eastern highlands typically start spring later and finish fall earlier than the Mississippi floodplain.
November in Cottontown sits inside the weed chapter of the Tennessee 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 Tennessee year, February to November — a long season by national standards, with only a short quiet gap. The full calendar is set out in the Tennessee allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Cottontown 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 Cottontown, TN 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.
Cottontown in today’s national picture
At 20 (Low), Cottontown ranks joint 50955th 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 Cottontown: New Deal, TN (5 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Walnut Grove, TN (5 miles away) reads 17 (Low); Graball, TN (6 miles away) reads 14 (Low). Cottontown reads 3 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Tennessee’s 501 tracked cities, today runs from 12 in Camden to 28 in Mason.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Cottontown resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Cottontown, TN 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.
Cottontown in its local area
Across Tennessee’s 501 tracked cities, Cottontown ranks joint 80th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Cottontown, TN pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- New Deal pollen count (5 miles away)
- Walnut Grove pollen count (5 miles away)
- Graball pollen count (6 miles away)
- Gallatin pollen count (6 miles away)
- Shackle Island pollen count (7 miles away)
- White House pollen count (8 miles away)
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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).