Valley Head, WV Pollen Count
Valley Head, WV · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Valley Head — 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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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Valley Head Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Valley Head residents check each morning
The Valley Head pollen count today is 5 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. Tree pollen is the highest single category in the split at 0.6 (Low), ahead of grass pollen at 0.6 and weed pollen at 0.6. Plant-by-plant detail for Valley Head, WV follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. 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 tree pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Valley Head 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 Valley Head pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Valley Head residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Valley Head pollen count today?
The Valley Head pollen count today is 5 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Valley Head: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Valley Head allergies today
Valley Head allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 5 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Valley Head allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Valley Head.
Allergies in Valley Head follow the West Virginia 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 Valley Head 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 Valley Head allergy forecast: today reads 5 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Valley Head 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 Valley Head today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Valley Head allergy count today is 5 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Valley Head: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 5 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 5 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 5 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 5 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 5 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Valley Head’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 5 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Valley Head
What is driving Valley Head’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 5 (Low) is set by tree pollen at 0.6 (Low on its own scale) — about 33% of the four category readings added together, level with grass pollen at 0.6. Tree readings are the fastest-moving of the four in their season, because species pollinate in sequence — a tree-led total can change character within a week. Tree pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the West Virginia tree chapter runs March to May — 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 Valley Head, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The West Virginia guide’s account of West Virginia names oak and hickory, dominating April and May, after maple and birch open in March — 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 5 to 5, never changing band. Today’s 5 sits level with the window’s average of 5 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Valley Head now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Valley Head 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 0.6 (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 0.6 (Low).
In the Northeast pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees, late-spring grasses and late-summer ragweed — 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.
Valley Head pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Valley Head pollen year runs like this:
- Trees open in late March and build to an oak-led peak in May.
- Grasses hold from late May into July.
- Ragweed builds from mid-August, peaks in September, and is ended by the first hard frost.
- Mold tracks the region’s humidity rather than a flowering calendar, and it fills the gaps between chapters.
The West Virginia allergy season guide names oak and hickory, dominating April and May, after maple and birch open in March. West Virginia’s cities all sit in narrow river valleys, where ridges hem in the air and spring pollen settles over neighborhoods instead of dispersing. In February 2023, a visible powder settling on cars across the Eastern Panhandle was sampled by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and found to be predominantly pollen — an early-season release heavy enough to see.
November falls between the main chapters of the West Virginia 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 8 months of the West Virginia year, March to October — a compressed season, which is why its chapters arrive in quick succession. The full calendar is set out in the West Virginia allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Valley Head 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.
Valley Head in today’s national picture
At 5 (Low), Valley Head ranks joint 86157th 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 Valley Head: Durbin, WV (11 miles away) reads 5 (Low); Huttonsville, WV (12 miles away) reads 15 (Low); Cass, WV (12 miles away) reads 5 (Low). Valley Head reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across West Virginia’s 439 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Princeton to 26 in Charles Town.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Valley Head resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Valley Head, WV 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.
Valley Head in its local area
Across West Virginia’s 439 tracked cities, Valley Head ranks joint 429th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Valley Head, WV pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Durbin pollen count (11 miles away)
- Huttonsville pollen count (12 miles away)
- Cass pollen count (12 miles away)
- Frank pollen count (12 miles away)
- Pickens pollen count (12 miles away)
- Mill Creek pollen count (13 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).