North Carolina Air Quality Forecast Center

Welcome to the Air Quality Forecast web page. Tomorrow's forecasts are posted each day by 3pm (EDT) and are updated at 10am the next morning, if necessary.

Forecast Links

Morning Edition Forecast Discussion

AQ Forecast Center
on Facebook

Forecast Emails
(Enviroflash)

Forecast Tweets

Forecast RSS Feeds
(Enviroflash)

Realtime AQ Data Page Forecast Model Output Forecast Statistics

Air Awareness Program Open Burning Page

Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection Mecklenburg County Air Quality Department

Additional Information

Hurricane Preparedness: ReadyNC.org

Previously Observed
Today's Forecast
Tomorrow's Forecast

Air Quality observed on Wednesday, 05/27/2020 (Change date)

Charlotte

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 21

Particle Pollution

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

Fayetteville

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 21

Ozone

Cumberland and Harnett Counties

Hickory

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 19

Ozone

Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties

Rocky Mount

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 23

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe and Nash Counties

Triad

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 19

Ozone

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

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Triangle

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 20

Ozone

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

Western Ridge Tops

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 34

Ozone

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

Western Valleys

Wednesday

05/27/2020

AQI = 22

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	19	21
Fayetteville	21	18
Hickory	19	16
Rocky Mount	19	23
Triad	19	13
Triangle	20	16
Western Ridge Tops	34
Western Valleys	22	13

Air Quality Forecast for Thursday, 05/28/2020

Alexander

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Alleghany

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Anson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Ashe

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Avery

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Beaufort

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Bertie

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Bladen

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Brunswick

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Buncombe

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Burke

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cabarrus

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Caldwell

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Camden

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Carteret

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Catawba

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Chatham

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cherokee

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Chowan

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Clay

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cleveland

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Columbus

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Craven

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cumberland

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Currituck

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Dare

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Duplin

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Durham

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Edgecombe

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Franklin

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Gaston

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Gates

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Graham

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Granville

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Greene

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Halifax

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Harnett

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Haywood

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Henderson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hertford

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hoke

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hyde

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Iredell

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Jackson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Johnston

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Jones

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lee

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lenoir

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lincoln

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Macon

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Madison

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Martin

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

McDowell

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Mitchell

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Montgomery

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Moore

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Nash

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

New Hanover

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

North Ridges

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Northampton

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Onslow

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Orange

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pamlico

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pasquotank

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pender

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Perquimans

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Person

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pitt

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Polk

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Richmond

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Robeson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Rowan

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Rutherford

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Sampson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Scotland

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

South Ridges

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Stanly

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Surry

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Swain

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Transylvania

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Triad

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 40

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Union

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Vance

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wake

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Warren

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Washington

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Watauga

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wayne

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wilkes

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wilson

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Yadkin

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Yancey

Thursday

05/28/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Last Updated: 05/26/2020 02:20 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Asheville	25	15
Boone	25	15
Bryson City	25	15
Charlotte	25	15
Elizabeth City	25	15
Fayetteville	25	15
Goldsboro	25	15
Greenville	25	15
Hickory	25	15
New Bern	25	15
Northern Ridge Tops	25	15
Raleigh/Durham	25	15
Rocky Mount	25	15
Sourthern Ridge Tops	25	15
Triad	40	33
Wilmington	25	15

Air Quality Forecast for Friday, 05/29/2020

Alexander

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Alleghany

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Anson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Ashe

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Avery

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Beaufort

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Bertie

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Bladen

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Brunswick

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Buncombe

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Burke

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cabarrus

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Caldwell

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Camden

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Carteret

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Catawba

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Chatham

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cherokee

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Chowan

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Clay

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cleveland

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Columbus

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Craven

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Cumberland

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Currituck

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Dare

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Duplin

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Durham

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Edgecombe

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Franklin

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Gaston

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Gates

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Graham

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Granville

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Greene

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Halifax

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Harnett

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Haywood

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Henderson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hertford

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hoke

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hyde

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Iredell

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Jackson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Johnston

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Jones

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lee

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lenoir

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Lincoln

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Macon

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Madison

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Martin

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

McDowell

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Mitchell

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Montgomery

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Moore

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Nash

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

New Hanover

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

North Ridges

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Northampton

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Onslow

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Orange

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pamlico

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pasquotank

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pender

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Perquimans

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Person

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Pitt

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Polk

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Richmond

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Robeson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Rowan

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Rutherford

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Sampson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Scotland

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

South Ridges

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Stanly

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Surry

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Swain

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Transylvania

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Triad

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 43

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Union

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Vance

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wake

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Warren

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Washington

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Watauga

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wayne

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wilkes

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Wilson

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Yadkin

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Yancey

Friday

05/29/2020

AQI = 25

Ozone

Last Updated: 05/26/2020 02:22 PM EDT

Good

Moderate

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Unhealthy

Very
Unhealthy

Forecast Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code	Notices
Asheville	25	20
Boone	25	20
Bryson City	25	20
Charlotte	25	20
Elizabeth City	25	20
Fayetteville	25	20
Goldsboro	25	20
Greenville	25	20
Hickory	25	20
New Bern	25	20
Northern Ridge Tops	25	20
Raleigh/Durham	25	20
Rocky Mount	25	20
Sourthern Ridge Tops	25	20
Triad	43	35
Wilmington	25	20