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Air Quality observed on Sunday, 12/08/2019 (Change date)

Charlotte

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 31

Ozone

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

Fayetteville

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 23

Particle Pollution

Cumberland and Harnett Counties

Hickory

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 33

Particle Pollution

Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties

Rocky Mount

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 15

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe and Nash Counties

Triad

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 39

Particle Pollution

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

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Triangle

Sunday

12/08/2019

GREEN

AQI = 32

Particle Pollution

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

Western Ridge Tops

Observed Unavailable

Western Valleys

Sunday

12/08/2019

YELLOW

AQI = 52

Particle Pollution

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 31 30 GREEN
Fayetteville 23 GREEN
Hickory 33 GREEN
Rocky Mount 15 GREEN
Triad 39 GREEN
Triangle 29 32 GREEN
Western Ridge Tops Data Unavailable
Western Valleys 52 YELLOW

Air Quality Forecast for Monday, 12/09/2019

Forecast Map Unavailable

Alexander

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Anson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Ashe

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Avery

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Burke

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Caldwell

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Camden

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Catawba

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Cherokee

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Chowan

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Clay

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Columbus

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Craven

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Currituck

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Dare

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Durham

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Gaston

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Gates

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Graham

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Granville

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Greene

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Halifax

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Harnett

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Haywood

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Henderson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hertford

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Hyde

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Jackson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Johnston

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Jones

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lee

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Lenoir

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Macon

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Madison

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Martin

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Mitchell

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Moore

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Nash

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

New Hanover

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Northampton

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Onslow

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Orange

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Pamlico

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pender

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Person

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Pitt

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Polk

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Richmond

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Robeson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Rowan

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Sampson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Scotland

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Stanly

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Surry

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Swain

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Triad

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 48

Particle Pollution

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Union

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Vance

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Wake

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Warren

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Washington

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wayne

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wilson

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 40

Particle Pollution

Yadkin

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Yancey

Monday

12/09/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 12/08/2019 01:10 PM EST

Good Moderate Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Unhealthy Very
Unhealthy
Forecast Area Ozone AQI PM2.5 AQI Color Code Notices
Asheville 35 GREEN
Boone 35 GREEN
Bryson City 35 GREEN
Charlotte 40 GREEN
Elizabeth City 35 GREEN
Fayetteville 40 GREEN
Goldsboro 35 GREEN
Greenville 35 GREEN
Hickory 35 GREEN
New Bern 35 GREEN
Northern Ridge Tops 35 GREEN
Raleigh/Durham 40 GREEN
Rocky Mount 40 GREEN
Sourthern Ridge Tops 35 GREEN
Triad 48 GREEN
Wilmington 35 GREEN

Air Quality Forecast for Tuesday, 12/10/2019

Forecast Map Unavailable

Alexander

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Anson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Ashe

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Avery

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Burke

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Caldwell

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Camden

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Catawba

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cherokee

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Chowan

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Clay

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Columbus

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Craven

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Currituck

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Dare

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Durham

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Gaston

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Gates

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Graham

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Granville

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Greene

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Halifax

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Harnett

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Haywood

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Henderson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Hertford

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hyde

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Jackson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Johnston

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Jones

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Lee

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lenoir

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Macon

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Madison

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Martin

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Mitchell

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Moore

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Nash

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

New Hanover

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Northampton

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Onslow

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Orange

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pamlico

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Pender

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Person

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pitt

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Polk

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Richmond

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Robeson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Rowan

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Sampson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Scotland

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Stanly

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Surry

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Swain

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Triad

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 42

Particle Pollution

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Union

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Vance

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wake

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Warren

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Washington

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Wayne

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Wilson

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Yadkin

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Yancey

Tuesday

12/10/2019

GREEN

AQI = 30

Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 12/08/2019 01:09 PM EST

Good Moderate Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Unhealthy Very
Unhealthy
Forecast Area Ozone AQI PM2.5 AQI Color Code Notices
Asheville 30 GREEN
Boone 30 GREEN
Bryson City 30 GREEN
Charlotte 30 GREEN
Elizabeth City 30 GREEN
Fayetteville 35 GREEN
Goldsboro 30 GREEN
Greenville 30 GREEN
Hickory 30 GREEN
New Bern 30 GREEN
Northern Ridge Tops 30 GREEN
Raleigh/Durham 35 GREEN
Rocky Mount 35 GREEN
Sourthern Ridge Tops 30 GREEN
Triad 42 GREEN
Wilmington 30 GREEN