Carstairs, United Kingdom Pollen Count Today
Carstairs, United Kingdom · Updated Monday, November 9, 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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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Carstairs Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
This reading is the forecast point for Carstairs — 2 nearby places use the same point; Carstairs is 1 km from it.
Pollen count Carstairs residents check each morning
The Carstairs pollen count today is 23 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. The full split is tree pollen 2, grass pollen 23, weed pollen 10. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Monday, November 9, 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 grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Carstairs page.
Outside its main late-spring and early-summer window, grass pollen usually appears as a small background value rather than the driver of the total. A low grass reading alongside a higher weed or mold value is a typical off-peak pattern. Grass should be read from its own value on this page, not assumed from the calendar: the index reports today’s modelled value, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Carstairs pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Thursday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Carstairs residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Carstairs pollen count today?
The Carstairs pollen count today is 23 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Carstairs: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Carstairs allergies today
Carstairs allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Carstairs allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Carstairs.
Allergies in Carstairs follow the United Kingdom 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 Carstairs 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 Carstairs allergy forecast: today reads 23 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Carstairs 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 Carstairs today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Carstairs allergy count today is 23 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Carstairs: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 9 | 23 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 21 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 21 | Low |
| Thursday, November 12 | 25 | Low |
| Friday, November 13 | 23 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Carstairs’s pollen count to peak on Thursday at 25 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Carstairs
What is driving Carstairs’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 23 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 23 (Low on its own scale) — about 66% of the four category readings added together, 13 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 10. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the United Kingdom grass chapter runs May to July — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Carstairs, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 21 to 25, never changing band. Today’s 23 sits 0 points above the window’s average of 22.6 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Carstairs now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Carstairs 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 2 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 23 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 10 (Low).
In the Atlantic West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are early hazel and alder, a spring birch and oak wave, late-spring and summer grasses, and a modest late-summer weed finish — 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.
Carstairs pollen through the year
Three chapters make the United Kingdom pollen year, and Carstairs follows them in the Atlantic West order. The tree chapter: hazel and alder can open as early as February in mild winters, and the main tree wave — birch, then oak — builds through spring to a May peak. The grass chapter: grasses hold from late May into July, peaking in late spring and early summer. The weed chapter: weeds are the minor closing act — mugwort through late summer, with ragweed localised and generally light this far west. Mold tracks the region’s Atlantic humidity rather than a flowering calendar, and it fills the gaps between chapters.
No United Kingdom allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Carstairs — the calendar above is the Atlantic West regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November falls between the main chapters of the United Kingdom pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 9 months of the United Kingdom year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. No United Kingdom allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Atlantic West regional pattern. See Carstairs pollen count rankings and Carstairs on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Carstairs 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 whatever the month. 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.
Carstairs in today’s national picture
At 23 (Low), Carstairs ranks joint 9296th of the 217874 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Zuoz, Switzerland at 66, and the lowest is Извор, North Macedonia at 5. The whole table spans 61 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Carstairs: Carstairs Junction, United Kingdom (2 km away) reads 23 (Low); Carnwath, United Kingdom (4 km away) reads 23 (Low); Lanark, United Kingdom (6 km away) reads 23 (Low). Carstairs reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across United Kingdom’s 5973 tracked cities, today runs from 6 in Coniston to 43 in Kingussie.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Carstairs resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Carstairs, United Kingdom 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.
Carstairs in its local area
Carstairs is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Its population is 890 (GeoNames).
Carstairs anchors the forecast-point group of 2 places that share this reading. Within the group, Carstairs ranks joint 1st; across United Kingdom’s 5973 tracked cities, it ranks joint 549th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Carstairs, United Kingdom pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Carstairs Junction pollen count (2 km away)
- Carnwath pollen count (4 km away)
- Lanark pollen count (6 km away)
- Kirkfieldbank pollen count (7 km away)
- Forth pollen count (8 km away)
- Thankerton pollen count (9 km 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).