ZSE Air Quality

Critical Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorm Threats This Week

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will contribute to critical fire weather Monday over parts of the central and southern High Plains. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes Monday through Thursday over the lower Mississippi River Valley and southern Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Read More >

Area Air Quality Index

Note that the Air Quality Index (AQI) here is not an official forecast, except for the EPA AirNow Widget to the right. The AQI below (not EPA AirNow) is based on the most recent observation via MesoWest for the specified time, and not a time-average, so the AQI values will be more variable than other official sites such as AirNow. Many sites only report some of the pollutants used in this calculation (O₃, PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, NO₂, SO₂, CO), and the AQI equations used are based on those from AirNow. The nearby Air Quality Index table is based on the AQI values near the longitude/latitude for the station indicated. On the map, hover/click the site to see the values for the individual pollutants. To manually enter a station ID not listed, change the URL to include "&id=____&", where ____ is the desired station ID. To manually enter a lat/lon pair, include "&lt=___&ln=___&" in the URL, where the ___ are the lat/lon values.

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