Ragweed Pollen Count in Helmdon, United Kingdom

Last updated Sunday, November 8, 2026

This page shows the most recent reading available for Helmdon — from Sunday, November 8, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.

This reading is the forecast point for Helmdon — 4 nearby places use the same point; Helmdon is 2.9 km from it.

Pollen by type in Helmdon

What is the ragweed pollen count in Helmdon today?

The Helmdon ragweed pollen index today is 11 (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 Helmdon today. See the full Helmdon pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Helmdon is in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. Its population is 761 (GeoNames).

Helmdon Ragweed Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Sunday, November 811Low
Monday, November 910Low
Tuesday, November 107Low
Wednesday, November 117Low
Thursday, November 1210Low

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

Species driving Helmdon’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 11 (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 Helmdon now — ragweed pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the ragweed pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Helmdon. The type summary stands: ragweed pollen reads 11 (Low) today.

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’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.

Weeds are the minor closing act — mugwort through late summer, with ragweed localised and generally light this far west. This month sits outside the usual ragweed pollen window for the Atlantic West pattern, so today’s ragweed pollen reading is the modelled value outranking the calendar — this page reports the modelled reading first. No United Kingdom allergy season guide is published yet, so the seasonal context here follows the Atlantic West regional pattern.

Helmdon allergies today

Helmdon allergies today are set by the same reading as the Helmdon pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 11 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 11 (Low) of it. When people ask about Helmdon allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Helmdon.

Allergies in Helmdon follow the United Kingdom calendar set out on the full Helmdon 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 Helmdon 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 Helmdon allergy forecast for the ragweed pollen season: it shows whether Helmdon 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 Helmdon pollen count — all types, the overall index and today’s ranking context

Helmdon tree pollen count

Helmdon grass pollen count

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

See Helmdon on the pollen map

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

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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).