Pollen today
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Google gave no index for tree, grass or weed pollen here today.
Next four days, highest level each day:
Source: Includes pollen data from GoogleGoogle Maps
Source: Includes pollen data from GoogleIncludes data from Google Maps
Google’s index for each plant it models in Buffalo today. A plant out of season has no index.
Source: Includes pollen data from GoogleGoogle Maps
The forecast that moves pollen around, and the air beside it.
Forecast: National Weather Service, updated 1:22 pm ET.
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Each thread is one kind of pollen, and each square is one week, colored by that week’s highest level.
Google has given no index for Buffalo since records began on October 14, 2026.
Highest level each week, November 2025 to November 2026, from each day’s forecast.
Source: Includes pollen data from GoogleIncludes data from Google Maps
What this forecast doesn’t measure, and when to get help.
Google’s index covers tree, grass and weed pollen only, so there is no mold level for Buffalo on this page. The National Allergy Bureau publishes pollen and mold counts measured at its stations. Our guides cover common molds such as Alternaria, Cladosporium and Aspergillus.
The forecast doesn’t cover allergens indoors either: dust mites, cockroaches, mice, cats and dogs. Our guides explain each one, starting with dust mites and cats.
An estimated 12.7% of adults in the city of Buffalo have current asthma, according to the CDC’s PLACES estimate for 2023 (95% confidence interval: 11.3% to 14.1%). It is a statistical estimate from national survey data, not a count.
19 allergists enrolled in Medicare practice in the Buffalo area: 1.64 for every 100,000 people, more than the 1.22 across the US. The count doesn’t show how soon you can get an appointment. See the doctors listed in the Buffalo area, or how every state and metro compares.
AllergyNest count from CMS’s Doctors and Clinicians file (October 2026) and Census population estimates for 2025.
The geography, climate and plants behind each season here, with a source for every fact.
Ice on Lake Erie usually lingers until mid-April, and the lake stays chilly through most of May.2 That cool lake air holds back the growing season, but it also lowers the threat of damaging late spring frosts.2 On average, the last frost comes near the end of April in the Buffalo metro area but not until mid-May well inland.2 A typical year in Buffalo allows about 183 days between the last spring freeze and the first fall freeze.1
In New York State, maples frequently dominate the street tree population, according to a study of street tree decay in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and Syracuse.3 Its authors note that Norway, silver, sugar, red and other maples often make up over half of the street trees in small communities and larger cities alike.3 Norway maple is not native to New York, but it is widely planted as a street tree and naturalizes readily.4
Late summer brings common ragweed, a widespread and common weed of farm fields, waste areas and gardens in New York.5 Its tiny green flowers appear at the ends of its branches in late summer.5 Cornell’s weed guide calls it the main late-summer allergen in the US.5
Answered from the values on this page.
Very little. None of the plants Google models is above 0 in Buffalo today.
No. It’s Google’s modeled pollen index, from 0 (none) to 5 (very high), calculated for the location of central Buffalo. A pollen count is the number of pollen grains measured in a cubic meter of air at a counting station. How our pollen index works.
Twice a day. We fetch new values soon after midnight in Buffalo, so each day starts with its own values, and again after Google’s daily model run, usually by about 10:30 am ET. Each section shows when its values were retrieved.
Source: Includes pollen data from GoogleIncludes data from Google Maps