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Air Quality observed on Monday, 03/01/2021 (Change date)

Alexander

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 36

Ozone

Alleghany

Observed Unavailable

Anson

Observed Unavailable

Ashe

Observed Unavailable

Avery

Observed Unavailable

Beaufort

Observed Unavailable

Bertie

Observed Unavailable

Bladen

Observed Unavailable

Brunswick

Observed Unavailable

Buncombe

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Burke

Observed Unavailable

Cabarrus

Observed Unavailable

Caldwell

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 36

Ozone

Camden

Observed Unavailable

Carteret

Observed Unavailable

Catawba

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 13

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Observed Unavailable

Cherokee

Observed Unavailable

Chowan

Observed Unavailable

Clay

Observed Unavailable

Cleveland

Observed Unavailable

Columbus

Observed Unavailable

Craven

Observed Unavailable

Cumberland

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Currituck

Observed Unavailable

Dare

Observed Unavailable

Duplin

Observed Unavailable

Durham

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 32

Ozone

Edgecombe

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 34

Ozone

Franklin

Observed Unavailable

Gaston

Observed Unavailable

Gates

Observed Unavailable

Graham

Observed Unavailable

Granville

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 34

Ozone

Greene

Observed Unavailable

Halifax

Observed Unavailable

Harnett

Observed Unavailable

Haywood

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 34

Ozone

Henderson

Observed Unavailable

Hertford

Observed Unavailable

Hoke

Observed Unavailable

Hyde

Observed Unavailable

Iredell

Observed Unavailable

Jackson

Observed Unavailable

Johnston

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Jones

Observed Unavailable

Lee

Observed Unavailable

Lenoir

Observed Unavailable

Lincoln

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Macon

Observed Unavailable

Madison

Observed Unavailable

Martin

Observed Unavailable

McDowell

Observed Unavailable

Mecklenburg

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Mitchell

Observed Unavailable

Montgomery

Observed Unavailable

Moore

Observed Unavailable

Nash

Observed Unavailable

New Hanover

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 26

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

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 36

Ozone

Pitt

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Polk

Observed Unavailable

Richmond

Observed Unavailable

Robeson

Observed Unavailable

Rowan

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 32

Ozone

Rutherford

Observed Unavailable

Sampson

Observed Unavailable

Scotland

Observed Unavailable

South Ridges

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 38

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

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 33

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Observed Unavailable

Triad

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 39

Ozone

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Observed Unavailable

Union

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 31

Ozone

Vance

Observed Unavailable

Wake

Monday

03/01/2021

AQI = 32

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

Area	Ozone AQI	PM2.5 AQI	Color Code
Buncombe (including city of Asheville)	35	10
Avery (including city of Boone)	Data Unavailable
Swain (including Bryson City)	32	33
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	30	19
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	32	13
Durham (including city of Durham)	32
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	30	14
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	31	14
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	34	10
Catawba (including city of Hickory)		13
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	26	5
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	38
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	Data Unavailable
Triad	39	13

Air Quality Forecast for Tuesday, 03/02/2021

Alexander

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Alleghany

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Anson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Ashe

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Avery

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Beaufort

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Bertie

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Bladen

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Brunswick

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Buncombe

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Burke

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cabarrus

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Caldwell

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Camden

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Carteret

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Catawba

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Chatham

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cherokee

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Chowan

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Clay

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cleveland

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Columbus

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Craven

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cumberland

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Currituck

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Dare

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Duplin

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Durham

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Edgecombe

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Franklin

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Gaston

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Gates

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Graham

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Granville

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Greene

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Halifax

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Harnett

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Haywood

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Henderson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Hertford

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Hoke

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Hyde

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Iredell

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Jackson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Johnston

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Jones

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lee

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lenoir

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lincoln

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Macon

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Madison

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Martin

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

McDowell

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Mitchell

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Montgomery

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Moore

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Nash

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

New Hanover

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

North Ridges

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

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

Northampton

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Onslow

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Orange

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pamlico

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pasquotank

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pender

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Perquimans

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Person

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pitt

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Polk

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Richmond

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Robeson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Rowan

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Rutherford

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Sampson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Scotland

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

South Ridges

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

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

Stanly

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Surry

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Swain

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Transylvania

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Triad

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 38

Ozone

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Union

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Vance

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wake

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Warren

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Washington

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Watauga

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wayne

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wilkes

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wilson

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Yadkin

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Yancey

Tuesday

03/02/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Last Updated: 03/01/2021 03:04 PM EST

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	30
Avery (including city of Boone)	35	30
Swain (including Bryson City)	35	30
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	35	30
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	35	30
Durham (including city of Durham)	35	30
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	35	30
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	35	30
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	35	30
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	35	30
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	35	30
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	35	30
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	35	30
Triad	38	34

Air Quality Forecast for Wednesday, 03/03/2021

Alexander

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Anson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Ashe

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Avery

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Bertie

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Bladen

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Brunswick

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Burke

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cabarrus

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Caldwell

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Camden

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Carteret

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Catawba

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Chatham

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Cherokee

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Chowan

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Clay

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Columbus

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Craven

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Cumberland

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Currituck

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Dare

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Duplin

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Durham

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Edgecombe

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Franklin

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Gaston

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Gates

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Graham

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Granville

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Greene

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Halifax

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Harnett

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Haywood

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Henderson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Hertford

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Hoke

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Hyde

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Iredell

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Jackson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Johnston

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Jones

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Lee

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Lenoir

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Lincoln

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Macon

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Madison

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Martin

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

McDowell

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Mecklenburg

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Mitchell

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Moore

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Nash

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

New Hanover

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

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

Northampton

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Onslow

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Orange

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pamlico

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Pasquotank

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Pender

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 20

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Person

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Pitt

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Polk

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Richmond

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Robeson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Rowan

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Rutherford

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Sampson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

Scotland

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 25

Ozone

South Ridges

Wednesday

03/03/2021

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

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Surry

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Swain

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Triad

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 38

Particle Pollution

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Union

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Vance

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Wake

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Warren

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Washington

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Watauga

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wayne

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone

Wilkes

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Wilson

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone

Yadkin

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 35

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Yancey

Wednesday

03/03/2021

AQI = 30

Ozone / Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 03/01/2021 03:16 PM EST

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)	35	35
Swain (including Bryson City)	30	30
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	30	25
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	35	25
Durham (including city of Durham)	35	25
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)	25	20
Pitt (including city of Greenville)	30	25
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)	30	25
Catawba (including city of Hickory)	35	30
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)	20	20
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	30	30
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	35	35
Triad	36	38