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Air Quality observed on Friday, 04/03/2020 (Change date)

Charlotte

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 48

Ozone

Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union and southern Iredell Counties

Fayetteville

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 49

Ozone

Cumberland and Harnett Counties

Hickory

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 48

Ozone

Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties

Rocky Mount

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 46

Ozone

Edgecombe and Nash Counties

Triad

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, and Stokes Counties

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Triangle

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 48

Ozone

Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Orange, Person, Vance, and Wake Counties

Western Ridge Tops

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties

Western Valleys

Friday

04/03/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Elevations below 4000 feet in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties

Previously Observed is actual observed data, NOT previous Forecast data

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code
Charlotte	48	28
Fayetteville	49	18
Hickory	48	16
Rocky Mount	46	9
Triad	50	12
Triangle	48	31
Western Ridge Tops	50
Western Valleys	50	15

Air Quality Forecast for Saturday, 04/04/2020

Alexander

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Anson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Ashe

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Avery

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bertie

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bladen

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Brunswick

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Burke

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Caldwell

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Camden

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Carteret

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Catawba

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chatham

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Cherokee

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chowan

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Clay

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Columbus

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Craven

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Currituck

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Dare

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Duplin

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Durham

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Edgecombe

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Franklin

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Gaston

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Gates

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Graham

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Granville

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Greene

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Halifax

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Harnett

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Haywood

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Henderson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hertford

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hoke

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Hyde

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Iredell

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Jackson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Johnston

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 47

Ozone

Jones

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lee

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Lenoir

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Macon

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Madison

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Martin

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

McDowell

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Mitchell

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Moore

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Nash

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

New Hanover

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Northampton

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Onslow

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Orange

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Pamlico

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pender

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Person

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Pitt

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Polk

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Richmond

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Robeson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Rowan

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Rutherford

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Sampson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Scotland

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

South Ridges

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Stanly

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Surry

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Swain

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Triad

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 47

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Union

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Vance

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Wake

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Warren

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Washington

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Watauga

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wayne

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilson

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone

Yadkin

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Yancey

Saturday

04/04/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 04/03/2020 02:12 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Asheville	40	40
Boone	40	40
Bryson City	40	40
Charlotte	50	40
Elizabeth City	40	40
Fayetteville	45	40
Goldsboro	40	40
Greenville	40	40
Hickory	40	40
New Bern	40	40
Northern Ridge Tops	40	40
Raleigh/Durham	50	40
Rocky Mount	45	40
Sourthern Ridge Tops	40	40
Triad	47	44
Wilmington	40	40

Air Quality Forecast for Sunday, 04/05/2020

Alexander

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Anson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Ashe

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Avery

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Burke

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Caldwell

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Camden

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Catawba

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cherokee

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Chowan

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Clay

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Columbus

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Craven

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Currituck

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Dare

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Durham

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Gaston

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Gates

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Graham

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Granville

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Greene

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Halifax

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Harnett

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Haywood

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Henderson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Hertford

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hyde

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Jackson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Johnston

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Jones

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Lee

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lenoir

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Macon

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Madison

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Martin

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Mitchell

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Moore

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Nash

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

New Hanover

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Northampton

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Onslow

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Orange

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pamlico

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Pender

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Person

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pitt

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Polk

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Richmond

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Robeson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Rowan

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Sampson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Scotland

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Stanly

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Surry

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Swain

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Triad

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 49

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Union

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Vance

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wake

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 50

Ozone

Warren

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Washington

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Wayne

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Wilson

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Yadkin

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Yancey

Sunday

04/05/2020

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 04/03/2020 02:14 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Asheville	40	45
Boone	40	45
Bryson City	40	45
Charlotte	50	45
Elizabeth City	40	45
Fayetteville	45	45
Goldsboro	40	45
Greenville	40	45
Hickory	40	45
New Bern	40	45
Northern Ridge Tops	40	45
Raleigh/Durham	50	45
Rocky Mount	45	45
Sourthern Ridge Tops	40	45
Triad	49	48
Wilmington	40	45