Zarate, TX Pollen Count
Zarate, TX · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Zarate — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
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 Zarate Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
This reading is the forecast point shared with Mikes, TX — 16 nearby places use the same point; Zarate is 1.5 km from it.
Pollen count Zarate residents check each morning
The Zarate pollen count today is 11 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 12 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 12 (Low on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 9 and grass pollen at 4. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 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 Zarate 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 Zarate pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Sunday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Zarate residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Zarate pollen count today?
The Zarate pollen count today is 11 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Zarate: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Zarate allergies today
Zarate allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 11 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Zarate allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Zarate.
Allergies in Zarate follow the Texas 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 Zarate 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 Zarate allergy forecast: today reads 11 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Zarate 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 Zarate today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Zarate allergy count today is 11 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Zarate: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 11 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 11 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 17 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 10 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 15 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Zarate’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 17 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Zarate
What is driving Zarate’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 11 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 12 (Low on its own scale) — about 48% of the four category readings added together, 3 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 9. 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 Texas 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 Zarate, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Texas guide’s account of Texas names mountain cedar — Ashe juniper — in winter, oak in spring and ragweed from August — 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 10 to 17, never changing band. Today’s 11 sits 2 points below the window’s average of 12.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Zarate now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Zarate 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 9 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 4 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 12 (Low).
In the Gulf & South Texas pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, warm-season grasses, late-summer ragweed and winter mountain cedar in the west of the region — 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.
Zarate pollen through the year
Three chapters make the Texas pollen year, and Zarate follows them in the Gulf & South Texas order. The tree chapter: mountain cedar runs from December to March in the west of the region, and oak leads the spring. The grass chapter: grasses carry the hot months, with mold close behind in the Gulf humidity. The weed chapter: ragweed runs from August toward a mild, late finish. Outdoor mold stays elevated for much of the year in the Gulf humidity and can co-headline a reading in any month.
Texas runs four seasons back to back — cedar from December to March, oak and other trees in spring, grasses through summer, ragweed to the first frost — so its true low window is short. Pollen seasons are generally growing longer and more intense across the Northern Hemisphere, research by Ziska and colleagues (2019) found — a trend Texas’s near-year-round calendar already illustrates. The Texas guide singles out mountain cedar — Ashe juniper — in winter, oak in spring and ragweed from August.
November in Zarate sits inside the weed chapter of the Texas year, in its closing weeks — the part of the calendar today’s readings should be judged against. Between them, the three chapters touch every month of the Texas year — there is no reliably empty month in this calendar. The full calendar is set out in the Texas allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Zarate 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 Zarate, TX 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.
Zarate in today’s national picture
At 11 (Low), Zarate ranks joint 77144th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Zarate: Alto Bonito Heights, TX (1 miles away) reads 11 (Low); Mikes, TX (1 miles away) reads 11 (Low); E. Lopez, TX (1 miles away) reads 11 (Low). Zarate reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Texas’s 1843 tracked cities, today runs from 8 in Rockport to 42 in Gunter.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Zarate resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every ragweed season, allergists in Zarate, TX 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.
Zarate in its local area
Zarate sits 1 miles north-northwest of Mikes, TX — the anchor of the forecast-point group this reading belongs to. Within the group of 16, Zarate ranks joint 1st; across Texas’s 1843 tracked cities, it ranks joint 1659th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Zarate, TX pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Alto Bonito Heights pollen count (1 miles away)
- Mikes pollen count (1 miles away)
- E. Lopez pollen count (1 miles away)
- La Paloma Ranchettes pollen count (1 miles away)
- Villarreal pollen count (1 miles away)
- Rivereno pollen count (1 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).