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Air Quality observed on Thursday, 01/20/2022 (Change date)

Alexander

Observed Unavailable

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

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 21

Particle Pollution

Burke

Observed Unavailable

Cabarrus

Observed Unavailable

Caldwell

Observed Unavailable

Camden

Observed Unavailable

Carteret

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 35

Ozone

Catawba

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 47

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

01/20/2022

AQI = 28

Particle Pollution

Currituck

Observed Unavailable

Dare

Observed Unavailable

Duplin

Observed Unavailable

Durham

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 38

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 14

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Observed Unavailable

Gaston

Observed Unavailable

Gates

Observed Unavailable

Graham

Observed Unavailable

Granville

Observed Unavailable

Greene

Observed Unavailable

Halifax

Observed Unavailable

Harnett

Observed Unavailable

Haywood

Observed Unavailable

Henderson

Observed Unavailable

Hertford

Observed Unavailable

Hoke

Observed Unavailable

Hyde

Observed Unavailable

Iredell

Observed Unavailable

Jackson

Observed Unavailable

Johnston

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 24

Particle Pollution

Jones

Observed Unavailable

Lee

Observed Unavailable

Lenoir

Observed Unavailable

Lincoln

Observed Unavailable

Macon

Observed Unavailable

Madison

Observed Unavailable

Martin

Observed Unavailable

McDowell

Observed Unavailable

Mecklenburg

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 45

Particle Pollution

Mitchell

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 32

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 34

Particle Pollution

Moore

Observed Unavailable

Nash

Observed Unavailable

New Hanover

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 22

Particle Pollution

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

Observed Unavailable

Pitt

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 16

Particle Pollution

Polk

Observed Unavailable

Richmond

Observed Unavailable

Robeson

Observed Unavailable

Rowan

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 43

Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Observed Unavailable

Sampson

Observed Unavailable

Scotland

Observed Unavailable

South Ridges

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 30

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

01/20/2022

AQI = 27

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Observed Unavailable

Triad

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 41

Particle Pollution

Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Observed Unavailable

Union

Observed Unavailable

Vance

Observed Unavailable

Wake

Thursday

01/20/2022

AQI = 33

Particle Pollution

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)		21
Avery (including city of Boone)	Data Unavailable
Swain (including Bryson City)		27
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)	21	45
Wake (including city of Raleigh)	31	33
Durham (including city of Durham)		38
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)		28
Pitt (including city of Greenville)		16
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)		14
Catawba (including city of Hickory)		47
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)		22
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)	30
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)	Data Unavailable
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)		41

Air Quality Forecast for Friday, 01/21/2022

Alexander

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Anson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Ashe

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Avery

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Burke

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Caldwell

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Camden

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Catawba

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cherokee

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Chowan

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Clay

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Columbus

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Craven

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Currituck

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Dare

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Durham

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Gaston

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Gates

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Graham

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Granville

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Greene

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Halifax

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Harnett

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Haywood

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Henderson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hertford

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Hyde

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Jackson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Johnston

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Jones

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lee

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lenoir

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Macon

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Madison

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Martin

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Mitchell

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Moore

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Nash

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

New Hanover

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

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

Northampton

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Onslow

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Orange

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pamlico

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pender

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Person

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Pitt

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Polk

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Richmond

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Robeson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Rowan

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Sampson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Scotland

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

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

Stanly

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Surry

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Swain

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Triad

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Union

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Vance

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wake

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Warren

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Washington

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wayne

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Wilson

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Yadkin

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Yancey

Friday

01/21/2022

AQI = 35

Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 01/20/2022 02:19 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
Avery (including city of Boone)		35
Swain (including Bryson City)		35
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)		35
Wake (including city of Raleigh)		35
Durham (including city of Durham)		35
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)		35
Pitt (including city of Greenville)		35
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)		35
Catawba (including city of Hickory)		35
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)		35
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)		35
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)		35
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)		35

Air Quality Forecast for Saturday, 01/22/2022

Alexander

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Alleghany

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Anson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Ashe

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Avery

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Beaufort

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Bertie

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Bladen

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Brunswick

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Buncombe

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Burke

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Cabarrus

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Caldwell

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Camden

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Carteret

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Catawba

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Chatham

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Cherokee

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Chowan

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Clay

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Cleveland

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Columbus

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Craven

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Cumberland

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Currituck

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Dare

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Duplin

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Durham

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Edgecombe

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Franklin

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Gaston

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Gates

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Graham

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Granville

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Greene

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Halifax

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Harnett

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Haywood

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Henderson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Hertford

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Hoke

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Hyde

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Iredell

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Jackson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Johnston

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Jones

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Lee

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Lenoir

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Lincoln

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Macon

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Madison

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Martin

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

McDowell

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Mecklenburg

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Mitchell

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Montgomery

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Moore

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Nash

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

New Hanover

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

North Ridges

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

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

Northampton

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Onslow

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Orange

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Pamlico

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Pasquotank

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Pender

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Perquimans

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Person

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Pitt

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Polk

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Richmond

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Robeson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Rowan

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Rutherford

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Sampson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Scotland

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

South Ridges

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

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

Stanly

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Surry

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Swain

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Transylvania

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Triad

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 29

Particle Pollution

Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection

Tyrrell

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Union

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Vance

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Wake

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Warren

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Washington

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Watauga

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Wayne

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Wilkes

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Wilson

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Yadkin

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Yancey

Saturday

01/22/2022

AQI = 25

Particle Pollution

Last Updated: 01/21/2022 01:51 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)		25
Avery (including city of Boone)		25
Swain (including Bryson City)		25
Mecklenburg (including city of Charlotte)		25
Wake (including city of Raleigh)		25
Durham (including city of Durham)		25
Cumberland (including city of Fayetteville)		25
Pitt (including city of Greenville)		25
Edgecombe (including city of Rocky Mount)		25
Catawba (including city of Hickory)		25
New Hanover (including city of Wilmington)		25
Southern Ridge Tops (including Frying Pan)		25
Northern Ridge Tops (including Mount Mitchell)		25
Triad (including cities of Winston-Salem & Greensboro)		29