Ragweed Pollen Count in Hempstead, United Kingdom — Today

Updated Monday, November 9, 2026

This reading is the forecast point shared with Great Sampford, United Kingdom — 2 nearby places use the same point; Hempstead is 5.6 km from it.

Pollen by type in Hempstead

What is the ragweed pollen count in Hempstead today?

The Hempstead ragweed pollen index today is 12 (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 Hempstead today. See the full Hempstead pollen count for the overall index and every type together.

Hempstead is in Essex, England, United Kingdom. Its population is 451 (GeoNames).

Hempstead Ragweed Pollen Count: 5-Day Forecast

DayOverall indexCategory
Monday, November 912Low
Tuesday, November 108Low
Wednesday, November 118Low
Thursday, November 1210Low
Friday, November 1310Low

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

Species driving Hempstead’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 12 (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 Hempstead now — ragweed pollen

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for the ragweed pollen category were not returned in today’s source data for Hempstead. The type summary stands: ragweed pollen reads 12 (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.

Hempstead allergies today

Hempstead allergies today are set by the same reading as the Hempstead pollen count today: the Total Pollen Index is 12 (Low), and the ragweed pollen index on this page is 12 (Low) of it. When people ask about Hempstead allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily modelled index built from today’s tree, grass and weed index values for Hempstead.

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

Hempstead tree pollen count

Hempstead grass pollen count

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

See Hempstead on the pollen map

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

Worst cities for allergies

Ragweed season

Find an allergist in Hempstead, United Kingdom

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).