
Dr. Amanda Williams
MaineGeneral Allergy Care
Check today's pollen count by city in Maine. Explore local allergy forecasts, monitor common seasonal allergens, and use city-level trends to plan around high pollen days.
Allergy Ava organizes statewide and local pollen information so you can compare conditions, anticipate seasonal flare-ups, and find relevant allergy forecast pages faster.
Pollen levels in Maine can vary by city, weather, vegetation, and season. Choose a local forecast below to see the current allergy index, main allergen, and 5-day outlook for cities including Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland, Auburn, Scarborough.
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Use today's pollen forecast alongside nearby allergy and immunology profiles when symptoms need clinical follow-up, testing, or long-term treatment planning.

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Paul A. Shapero

MaineGeneral Allergy Care
Maine allergy sufferers can use this page to monitor pollen trends and find relevant city forecasts when available. Pollen levels vary by season, with tree pollen often peaking in spring, grass pollen becoming more active in late spring and summer, and weed pollen, especially ragweed, remaining a concern in late summer and fall.
Use Allergy Ava's city-level forecasts to plan outdoor activities, manage medication timing, and stay informed about the allergens most prevalent in your area. Our data is updated regularly to give you the most accurate picture of current conditions.
Comparing nearby states can help you understand regional allergy shifts, seasonal pollen timing, and conditions that may affect travel or outdoor plans.
Maine pollen conditions can differ between Portland, Bangor, Lewiston, and coastal towns because sea breeze, moisture, forests, and cooler seasonal transitions all affect when allergens become active. Searchers looking for a Maine pollen count often want local detail during shorter but meaningful allergy windows.
Tree pollen and grasses can still trigger symptoms during active periods, with weed pollen becoming more relevant later in the season. City pages help residents compare local conditions across coastal and inland areas.
Portland has stronger coastal wind and humidity effects, while Lewiston and Auburn sit in an inland river valley and Bangor has more central Maine forest influence. Those differences can change pollen timing, mold exposure, and the day’s leading allergen.
Spring symptoms are often tied to wind-pollinated trees such as maple, birch, oak, cedar, pine, ash, alder, and poplar. The exact mix varies by city, forest cover, coastal cooling, and spring warmups.
It can help briefly, but it is not a guarantee. A sea breeze may reduce pollen near the immediate coast, redirect it inland, or raise humidity enough that mold-sensitive people still notice symptoms.
Ragweed usually becomes important in late summer and can last into fall until frost. It is common around disturbed soil, roadsides, vacant lots, fields, and gardens, so city residents can react even when they do not see the plant nearby.
Today's statewide signal
Maine allergy conditions often feel shorter than in warmer states, but spring tree pollen, summer grass, coastal humidity, forest edges, and late-season ragweed can still create sharp local differences. Compare Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland, Auburn, Scarborough, Sanford, and Westbrook for local pollen levels, dominant allergens, weather context, and short-term trend signals.
Data updates regularly to reflect current conditions across Maine cities.
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Sort Maine cities by pollen index, temperature, or trend. Select a city for its full local forecast.
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| Portland | 3Moderate | Ragweed | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 66°F | Cloudy Humid air may keep ragweed and outdoor mold irritation active. |
| South Portland | 3Moderate | Ragweed | Stable Tomorrow looks similar, near moderate conditions. | 66°F | Cloudy Humid air may keep ragweed and outdoor mold irritation active. |
| Lewiston | 2Low | Ragweed | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 66°F | Cloudy Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours. |
| Bangor | 2Low | Ragweed | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 65°F | Cloudy Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours. |
| Auburn | 2Low | Ragweed | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 66°F | Cloudy Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours. |
| Scarborough | 2Low | Ragweed | Stable Tomorrow looks similar, near low conditions. | 66°F | Cloudy Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours. |
| Westbrook | 2Low | Ragweed | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 66°F | Cloudy Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours. |
| Sanford | 1Very Low | Elm | Falling Forecast eases toward none conditions tomorrow. | 66°F | Cloudy Outdoor pollen exposure looks limited for most people today. |
Ragweed is the main allergen
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Falling
Humid air may keep ragweed and outdoor mold irritation active.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
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Trend
Stable
Humid air may keep ragweed and outdoor mold irritation active.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
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Trend
Falling
Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
2
Trend
Falling
Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
2
Trend
Falling
Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
2
Trend
Stable
Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours.
Ragweed is the main allergen
Pollen index
2
Trend
Falling
Watch ragweed levels and limit long outdoor exposure during peak hours.
Elm is the main allergen
Pollen index
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Trend
Falling
Outdoor pollen exposure looks limited for most people today.
Regional allergy forecast
Greater Portland allergy conditions are shaped by Casco Bay wind shifts, coastal humidity, street trees, parkland, marsh edges, suburban lawns, and damp-weather mold. Sea breeze can help one neighborhood while moving pollen into another.
Lewiston and Auburn combine river-valley air, older hardwood neighborhoods, lawns, mills-to-trails corridors, and open edges where spring tree pollen can shift into summer grass and fall weeds.
Bangor’s pollen pattern reflects the Penobscot River corridor, central Maine woods, conifers, hardwoods, cooler seasonal transitions, and nearby open land. Tree pollen can remain meaningful later than in warmer coastal pockets.
Sanford sits between southern Maine woods, lakes, fields, road corridors, and New Hampshire-adjacent weather patterns. That transition zone can make grass and ragweed days feel different from Portland’s coastal pattern.
State-specific pollen calendar
April to June
Maple, birch, oak, cedar, pine, ash, alder, and poplar can drive Maine’s spring symptoms. Coastal cooling, inland warmth, and forest cover can shift timing between Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor.
June to July
Timothy, bluegrass, fescue, orchard grass, lawns, fields, trailsides, and roadsides can raise summer pollen, especially after rapid green-up followed by dry, breezy weather.
August to October
Ragweed is the main late-season pollen trigger and can grow in gardens, fields, roadsides, vacant lots, and disturbed soil. Frost timing often determines how long the season lasts.
November to March
Outdoor pollen usually falls after freezes and snow cover, but damp basements, indoor dust, pets, wood smoke, dry heat, and mold in wet spaces can still cause symptoms.
Weather-pollen correlation
Wind can disperse pollen, rain can temporarily wash particles down, and humidity can increase mold irritation. The city table combines pollen and weather signals so users can compare outdoor risk without opening every city page.