North Carolina Air Quality Forecast Center

Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day for fine particulates Thursday June 30th for Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Counties.
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Air Quality observed on Wednesday, 06/29/2022 (Change date)

Alexander

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 74

Ozone

Alleghany

Observed Unavailable

Anson

Observed Unavailable

Ashe

Observed Unavailable

Avery

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 41

Ozone

Beaufort

Observed Unavailable

Bertie

Observed Unavailable

Bladen

Observed Unavailable

Brunswick

Observed Unavailable

Buncombe

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 44

Ozone

Burke

Observed Unavailable

Cabarrus

Observed Unavailable

Caldwell

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 74

Ozone

Camden

Observed Unavailable

Carteret

Observed Unavailable

Catawba

Observed Unavailable

Chatham

Observed Unavailable

Cherokee

Observed Unavailable

Chowan

Observed Unavailable

Clay

Observed Unavailable

Cleveland

Observed Unavailable

Columbus

Observed Unavailable

Craven

Observed Unavailable

Cumberland

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 42

Ozone

Currituck

Observed Unavailable

Dare

Observed Unavailable

Duplin

Observed Unavailable

Durham

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 48

Ozone

Edgecombe

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 50

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Observed Unavailable

Gaston

Observed Unavailable

Gates

Observed Unavailable

Graham

Observed Unavailable

Granville

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 47

Ozone

Greene

Observed Unavailable

Halifax

Observed Unavailable

Harnett

Observed Unavailable

Haywood

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 43

Ozone

Henderson

Observed Unavailable

Hertford

Observed Unavailable

Hoke

Observed Unavailable

Hyde

Observed Unavailable

Iredell

Observed Unavailable

Jackson

Observed Unavailable

Johnston

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 43

Ozone

Jones

Observed Unavailable

Lee

Observed Unavailable

Lenoir

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 39

Ozone

Lincoln

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 51

Ozone

Macon

Observed Unavailable

Madison

Observed Unavailable

Martin

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 39

Ozone

McDowell

Observed Unavailable

Mecklenburg

Observed Unavailable

Mitchell

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 43

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 21

Particle Pollution

Moore

Observed Unavailable

Nash

Observed Unavailable

New Hanover

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 37

Ozone

North Ridges

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 39

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey, and northern and eastern Buncombe & Madison Counties

Northampton

Observed Unavailable

Onslow

Observed Unavailable

Orange

Observed Unavailable

Pamlico

Observed Unavailable

Pasquotank

Observed Unavailable

Pender

Observed Unavailable

Perquimans

Observed Unavailable

Person

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 44

Ozone

Pitt

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 59

Particle Pollution

Polk

Observed Unavailable

Richmond

Observed Unavailable

Robeson

Observed Unavailable

Rowan

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 47

Ozone

Rutherford

Observed Unavailable

Sampson

Observed Unavailable

Scotland

Observed Unavailable

South Ridges

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 42

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania, and southern and western Buncombe & Madison Counties

Stanly

Observed Unavailable

Surry

Observed Unavailable

Swain

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 38

Ozone

Transylvania

Observed Unavailable

Triad

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Observed Unavailable

Union

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 38

Ozone

Vance

Observed Unavailable

Wake

Wednesday

06/29/2022

AQI = 46

Particle Pollution

Warren

Observed Unavailable

Washington

Observed Unavailable

Watauga

Observed Unavailable

Wayne

Observed Unavailable

Wilkes

Observed Unavailable

Wilson

Observed Unavailable

Yadkin

Observed Unavailable

Yancey

Observed Unavailable

The previously observed data presented in this tab represents the max.observed
AQI from all monitors within each county that contains a monitor.

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code
Buncombe (including city of Asheville)	44	35
Avery (including city of Boone)	41
Swain (including Bryson City)	38	29
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	Data Unavailable
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	45	46
Durham (including city of Durham)	48	42
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	42	36
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	40	59
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	43	50
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	Data Unavailable
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	37	8
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	42
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	39
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	54	50

Air Quality Forecast for Thursday, 06/30/2022

Alexander

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Alleghany

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Anson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Ashe

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Avery

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Beaufort

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 80

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Brunswick

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Buncombe

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Burke

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cabarrus

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Caldwell

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Camden

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 70

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Catawba

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Chatham

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cherokee

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Chowan

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Clay

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cleveland

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Columbus

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Craven

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Currituck

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 70

Particle Pollution

Dare

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 80

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Durham

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Edgecombe

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Franklin

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Gaston

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Gates

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 70

Particle Pollution

Graham

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Granville

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Greene

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Halifax

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Harnett

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Haywood

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Henderson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Hertford

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Hyde

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 101

Particle Pollution

See Forecast Discussion for additional information.

Iredell

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Jackson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Johnston

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Jones

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lee

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lenoir

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lincoln

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Macon

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Madison

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Martin

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 67

Ozone

Mitchell

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Montgomery

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Moore

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Nash

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

New Hanover

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

North Ridges

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 61

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey, and northern and eastern Buncombe & Madison Counties

Northampton

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Onslow

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Orange

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Pamlico

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 70

Particle Pollution

Pender

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Perquimans

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 70

Particle Pollution

Person

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Pitt

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Polk

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Richmond

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Robeson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Rowan

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Rutherford

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Sampson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Scotland

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

South Ridges

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 61

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania, and southern and western Buncombe & Madison Counties

Stanly

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Surry

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Swain

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Transylvania

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Triad

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 80

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 101

Particle Pollution

See Forecast Discussion for additional information.

Union

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Vance

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wake

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 54

Ozone

Warren

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Washington

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 101

Particle Pollution

See Forecast Discussion for additional information.

Watauga

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wayne

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wilkes

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wilson

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Yadkin

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Yancey

Thursday

06/30/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Last Updated: 06/29/2022 03:34 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Buncombe (including city of Asheville)	50	45
Avery (including city of Boone)	50	45
Swain (including Bryson City)	50	45
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	67	45
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	54	45
Durham (including city of Durham)	50	45
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	50	45
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	50	51
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	50	45
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	54	45
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	50	45
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	61	45
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	61	45
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	80	51

Air Quality Forecast for Friday, 07/01/2022

Alexander

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Alleghany

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Anson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Ashe

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Avery

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Beaufort

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Bertie

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Bladen

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Brunswick

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Buncombe

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Burke

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cabarrus

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Caldwell

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Camden

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Catawba

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Chatham

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cherokee

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Chowan

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Clay

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cleveland

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Columbus

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Craven

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Cumberland

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Currituck

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Dare

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 60

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Durham

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Edgecombe

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Franklin

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Gaston

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Gates

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Graham

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Granville

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Greene

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Halifax

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Harnett

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Haywood

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Henderson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Hertford

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Hoke

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Hyde

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 80

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Jackson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Johnston

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Jones

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lee

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lenoir

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Lincoln

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Macon

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Madison

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Martin

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

McDowell

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Ozone

Mitchell

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Montgomery

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Moore

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Nash

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

New Hanover

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

North Ridges

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey, and northern and eastern Buncombe & Madison Counties

Northampton

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Onslow

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Orange

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Pamlico

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Pasquotank

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Pender

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Perquimans

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Particle Pollution

Person

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Pitt

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Polk

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Richmond

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Robeson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Rowan

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Rutherford

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Sampson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Scotland

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

South Ridges

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania, and southern and western Buncombe & Madison Counties

Stanly

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Surry

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Swain

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Transylvania

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Triad

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 60

Particle Pollution

Union

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Vance

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wake

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 51

Ozone

Warren

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Washington

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 60

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wayne

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wilkes

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Wilson

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Yadkin

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Yancey

Friday

07/01/2022

AQI = 50

Ozone

Last Updated: 06/29/2022 03:35 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Buncombe (including city of Asheville)	50	45
Avery (including city of Boone)	50	45
Swain (including Bryson City)	50	45
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	51	45
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	51	45
Durham (including city of Durham)	50	45
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	50	45
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	50	45
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	50	45
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	50	45
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	50	45
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	50	45
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	50	45
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	51	48