NM pollen report
Santa Fe Pollen Report
Santa Fe's 7,000-foot setting in the piñon-juniper belt means juniper pollen arrives early and hard — the city has one of the highest juniper densities in the country. Spring winds carry pollen across the high desert for weeks, cottonwoods bloom along the Rio Grande corridor, and tumbleweed and ragweed close out the fall. The dry air keeps pollen aloft and traveling.
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- Pollen from local trees, grasses and weeds
- Airborne mold spores
- Dust mites and other indoor allergens
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What drives allergies in Santa Fe
Juniper: the main event (February – April)
One-seed juniper (Juniperus monosperma) covers the hills around Santa Fe, and its late-winter pollen is the city's signature allergen — some years producing very high counts for weeks.
Trees: cottonwood, elm, and more (March – May)
Cottonwoods (Populus) along the Rio Grande, Siberian elm, and fruitless mulberry in older neighborhoods drive the spring season.
Grasses: May – August
Native grasses and irrigated lawns pollinate through early summer, often overlapping with wind-blown dust.
Weeds: tumbleweed and ragweed (August – October)
Russian thistle (tumbleweed, Salsola) and ragweed dominate the fall; monsoon rains drive brief mold spikes after summer storms.
Pollen patterns in Santa Fe
In Santa Fe, tree pollen — including Mulberry, Olive, Mesquite — typically dominates from late winter through spring. Bermuda grass is the most common warm-season pollinator, and Ragweed drives the largest fall pollen load.
Top trees
- Mulberry
- Olive
- Mesquite
- Juniper
- Ash
Top grasses
- Bermuda
- Buffalo
- Saltgrass
Top weeds
- Ragweed
- Russian thistle (tumbleweed)
- Pigweed
- Sagebrush
Top molds
- Alternaria
- Cladosporium
- Aspergillus
Santa Fe pollen calendar
Typical monthly intensity across the year.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the pollen count in Santa Fe today?
PollyMap publishes real, microscope-verified pollen counts for Santa Fe — measured from physical air samples. The latest report on this page shows current tree, grass, weed, and mold levels.
Is the pollen count high in Santa Fe right now?
Santa Fe's worst stretches are March–April (juniper) and September (tumbleweed, ragweed). The measured reports on this page show today's actual levels.
When is allergy season in Santa Fe?
Juniper starts as early as February, spring trees run March–May, grasses carry the summer, and tumbleweed and ragweed run August through the first frost.
Why is juniper pollen so intense in Santa Fe?
The city sits in one of the densest piñon-juniper woodlands in the Southwest. When the junipers pollinate in late winter, the whole region fills with pollen — and spring winds spread it widely.
Is pollen still bad in Santa Fe in the fall?
Santa Fe's fall weed season — ragweed and sagebrush — runs through about mid-October at its higher elevation. The first frost comes earlier here than in the low desert, bringing relief by November.
Are you an allergy clinic in Santa Fe? Claim your territory on PollyMap.
PollyMap is a local authority-building tool for allergy clinics, ENT practices, and any clinic that offers allergy care. By becoming the Official PollyMap Partner for your part of Santa Fe, your clinic gets credited on real pollen reports, receives ready-to-share weekly content, and becomes the go-to local expert patients trust.
We assign each partner a designated territory within the Santa Fe metro — like a franchise territory. Santa Fe has room for multiple partners, but once your area is assigned, it's locked to your clinic.
No clinic has claimed a territory in Santa Fe yet. The best areas go to the first clinics that sign up — once one does, that part of town is off the table for everyone else.
Santa Fe is a natural single-territory market with serious juniper season demand — the first allergy clinic to claim it becomes the credited local pollen source.
- Your clinic credited on every Santa Fe pollen report
- Weekly real-sample reports and ready-to-share content under your brand
- Locked territory — competing clinics can't claim your area
- Become the go-to allergy expert in your part of Santa Fe
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