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Air Quality observed on Thursday, 09/23/2021 (Change date)

Alexander

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 36

Ozone

Alleghany

Observed Unavailable

Anson

Observed Unavailable

Ashe

Observed Unavailable

Avery

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Beaufort

Observed Unavailable

Bertie

Observed Unavailable

Bladen

Observed Unavailable

Brunswick

Observed Unavailable

Buncombe

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Burke

Observed Unavailable

Cabarrus

Observed Unavailable

Caldwell

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Camden

Observed Unavailable

Carteret

Observed Unavailable

Catawba

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 6

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Observed Unavailable

Cherokee

Observed Unavailable

Chowan

Observed Unavailable

Clay

Observed Unavailable

Cleveland

Observed Unavailable

Columbus

Observed Unavailable

Craven

Observed Unavailable

Cumberland

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 37

Ozone

Currituck

Observed Unavailable

Dare

Observed Unavailable

Duplin

Observed Unavailable

Durham

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Edgecombe

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 33

Ozone

Franklin

Observed Unavailable

Gaston

Observed Unavailable

Gates

Observed Unavailable

Graham

Observed Unavailable

Granville

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Greene

Observed Unavailable

Halifax

Observed Unavailable

Harnett

Observed Unavailable

Haywood

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 38

Ozone

Henderson

Observed Unavailable

Hertford

Observed Unavailable

Hoke

Observed Unavailable

Hyde

Observed Unavailable

Iredell

Observed Unavailable

Jackson

Observed Unavailable

Johnston

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 41

Ozone

Jones

Observed Unavailable

Lee

Observed Unavailable

Lenoir

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lincoln

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Macon

Observed Unavailable

Madison

Observed Unavailable

Martin

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 28

Ozone

McDowell

Observed Unavailable

Mecklenburg

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Mitchell

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 4

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 7

Particle Pollution

Moore

Observed Unavailable

Nash

Observed Unavailable

New Hanover

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

North Ridges

Observed Unavailable

Northampton

Observed Unavailable

Onslow

Observed Unavailable

Orange

Observed Unavailable

Pamlico

Observed Unavailable

Pasquotank

Observed Unavailable

Pender

Observed Unavailable

Perquimans

Observed Unavailable

Person

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Pitt

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Polk

Observed Unavailable

Richmond

Observed Unavailable

Robeson

Observed Unavailable

Rowan

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Rutherford

Observed Unavailable

Sampson

Observed Unavailable

Scotland

Observed Unavailable

South Ridges

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 39

Ozone

Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey Counties

Stanly

Observed Unavailable

Surry

Observed Unavailable

Swain

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 37

Ozone

Transylvania

Observed Unavailable

Triad

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 33

Ozone

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Observed Unavailable

Union

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 38

Ozone

Vance

Observed Unavailable

Wake

Thursday

09/23/2021

AQI = 36

Ozone

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)	35	4
Avery (including city of Boone)	35
Swain (including Bryson City)	37
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	31	10
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	36	13
Durham (including city of Durham)	30	6
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	37	6
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	31	8
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	33
Catawba (including city of Hickory)		6
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	30
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	39
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	Data Unavailable
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	33	5

Air Quality Forecast for Friday, 09/24/2021

Alexander

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Anson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Ashe

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Avery

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bertie

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bladen

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Burke

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Caldwell

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Camden

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Carteret

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Catawba

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chatham

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cherokee

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chowan

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Clay

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Columbus

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Craven

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Currituck

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Dare

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Duplin

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Durham

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Edgecombe

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Franklin

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Gaston

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Gates

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Graham

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Granville

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Greene

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Halifax

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Harnett

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Haywood

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Henderson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hertford

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hoke

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hyde

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Iredell

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Jackson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Johnston

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Jones

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lee

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lenoir

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Macon

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Madison

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Martin

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

McDowell

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Mitchell

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Moore

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Nash

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

New Hanover

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes Counties

Northampton

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Onslow

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Orange

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pamlico

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pender

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Person

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pitt

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Polk

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Richmond

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Robeson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Rowan

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Rutherford

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Sampson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Scotland

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey Counties

Stanly

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Surry

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Swain

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Triad

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Union

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Vance

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wake

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Warren

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Washington

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Watauga

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wayne

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilson

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Yadkin

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Yancey

Friday

09/24/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 09/21/2021 02:27 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)	30	30
Avery (including city of Boone)	30	30
Swain (including Bryson City)	30	30
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	40	30
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	35	30
Durham (including city of Durham)	35	30
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	30	30
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	30	30
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	30	30
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	30	30
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	30	30
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	30	30
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	30	30
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	40	22

Air Quality Forecast for Saturday, 09/25/2021

Alexander

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Anson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 50

Ozone

Ashe

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Avery

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bertie

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Bladen

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Burke

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Cabarrus

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 51

Ozone

Caldwell

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Camden

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Carteret

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Catawba

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Chatham

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Cherokee

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chowan

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Clay

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Columbus

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Craven

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Currituck

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Dare

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Duplin

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Durham

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Edgecombe

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Franklin

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Gaston

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 50

Ozone

Gates

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Graham

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Granville

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Greene

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Halifax

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Harnett

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Haywood

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Henderson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hertford

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hoke

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hyde

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Iredell

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 50

Ozone

Jackson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Johnston

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Jones

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lee

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Lenoir

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Macon

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Madison

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Martin

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

McDowell

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 58

Ozone

Mitchell

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Moore

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Nash

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

New Hanover

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes Counties

Northampton

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Onslow

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Orange

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Pamlico

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Pender

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Person

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Pitt

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Polk

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Richmond

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Robeson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Rowan

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 50

Ozone

Rutherford

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Sampson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Scotland

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey Counties

Stanly

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 50

Ozone

Surry

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Swain

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Triad

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 42

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Union

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 51

Ozone

Vance

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Wake

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 45

Ozone

Warren

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Washington

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Watauga

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wayne

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilson

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 40

Ozone

Yadkin

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Yancey

Saturday

09/25/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 09/23/2021 02:03 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)	35	35
Avery (including city of Boone)	35	35
Swain (including Bryson City)	35	35
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	58	35
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	45	35
Durham (including city of Durham)	40	35
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	35	35
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	35	35
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	35	35
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	40	35
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	35	35
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	35	35
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	35	35
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)	42	26