Shadow Lake, WA Pollen Count

What is the Shadow Lake pollen count today?

The Shadow Lake pollen count today is 10 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.

Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Shadow Lake: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.

Shadow Lake allergies today

Shadow Lake allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 10 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Shadow Lake allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Shadow Lake.

Allergies in Shadow Lake follow the Washington 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 Shadow Lake 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 Shadow Lake allergy forecast: today reads 10 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Shadow Lake 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 Shadow Lake today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.

The Shadow Lake allergy count today is 10 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.

Pollen count today Shadow Lake: the 5-day forecast

Pollen Atlas forecasts Shadow Lake’s pollen count to peak on Monday at 16 (Low) over the next 5 days.

Pollen by type in Shadow Lake

• Shadow Lake tree pollen count
• Shadow Lake grass pollen count
• Shadow Lake ragweed pollen count

What is driving Shadow Lake’s pollen today

The shape of today’s 10 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 12 (Low on its own scale) — about 58% of the four category readings added together, 4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 8. 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 runs against the usual calendar — the Washington weed chapter runs August to September — 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 Shadow Lake, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The Washington guide’s account of Washington names alder and hazelnut from January on the west side, and timothy and sagebrush on Spokane’s continental clock — 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 7 to 16, never changing band. Today’s 10 sits 0 points above the window’s average of 9.8 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.

Plants affecting Shadow Lake now

Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Shadow Lake 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 8 (Low).

Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).

Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 12 (Low).

In the Pacific Northwest pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees and late-spring grasses in the Pacific Northwest pattern — 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.

Shadow Lake pollen through the year

Three chapters make the Washington pollen year, and Shadow Lake follows them in the Pacific Northwest order. The tree chapter: alder and hazelnut can start in January west of the Cascades, with maple and oak following through April and May. The grass chapter: grasses run from May, peaking in late spring and early summer. The weed chapter: weeds are the minor act — sagebrush and tumbleweed east of the Cascades carry into September. Mold is the wet-season constant west of the Cascades, where rain crashes counts and the season restarts on the first dry, mild day.

Washington’s pollen season now starts about 20 days earlier and lasts almost a month longer than 30 years ago, according to the state Department of Health. UW Medicine specialists put the start of Seattle’s tree pollen season at around mid-February in a typical year. The Washington guide singles out alder and hazelnut from January on the west side, and timothy and sagebrush on Spokane’s continental clock.

November falls between the main chapters of the Washington 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 Washington year, January to September — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the Washington allergy season guide.

How to read this index

Pollen Atlas reports the Shadow Lake 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.

Shadow Lake in today’s national picture

At 10 (Low), Shadow Lake ranks joint 78620th 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 Shadow Lake: Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA (2 miles away) reads 10 (Low); Covington, WA (3 miles away) reads 10 (Low); Maple Valley, WA (3 miles away) reads 11 (Low). Shadow Lake reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Washington’s 638 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Wenatchee to 30 in Quincy.

Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Shadow Lake resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Shadow Lake, WA 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.

Shadow Lake in its local area

Across Washington’s 638 tracked cities, Shadow Lake ranks joint 409th today.

Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Shadow Lake, WA pollen count is refreshed each morning.

Nearby cities

• Maple Heights-Lake Desire pollen count (2 miles away)
• Covington pollen count (3 miles away)
• Maple Valley pollen count (3 miles away)
• Hobart pollen count (4 miles away)
• Fairwood pollen count (4 miles away)
• East Renton Highlands pollen count (5 miles away)

From Pollen Atlas News

• Washington allergy season
• Ragweed season