North Carolina Air Quality Forecast Center
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Air Quality observed on Wednesday, 03/03/2021
(Change date)
Alexander
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 44
Ozone
Buncombe
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 44
Ozone
Caldwell
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 44
Ozone
Catawba
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 29
Particle Pollution
Cumberland
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 43
Ozone
Durham
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 40
Ozone
Edgecombe
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 42
Ozone
Granville
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 40
Ozone
Haywood
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 43
Ozone
Johnston
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 44
Ozone
Lincoln
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 43
Ozone
Mecklenburg
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 41
Ozone
New Hanover
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone
Person
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 44
Ozone
Pitt
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 40
Ozone
Rowan
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 42
Ozone
South Ridges
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 45
Ozone
Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey Counties
Swain
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 42
Ozone
Triad
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 43
Ozone
Data courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Union
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 42
Ozone
Wake
Wednesday
03/03/2021
AQI = 41
Ozone
The previously observed data presented in this tab represents the max.observed
AQI from all monitors within each county that contains a monitor.
Area |
Ozone AQI |
PM2.5 AQI |
Color Code |
Buncombe
(including city of Asheville)
|
44 |
15 |
|
Avery
(including city of Boone)
|
Data Unavailable |
Swain
(including Bryson City)
|
42 |
39 |
|
Mecklenburg
(including city of Charlotte)
|
41 |
32 |
|
Wake
(including city of Raleigh)
|
41 |
34 |
|
Durham
(including city of Durham)
|
40 |
31 |
|
Cumberland
(including city of Fayetteville)
|
43 |
22 |
|
Pitt
(including city of Greenville)
|
40 |
13 |
|
Edgecombe
(including city of Rocky Mount)
|
42 |
19 |
|
Catawba
(including city of Hickory)
|
|
29 |
|
New Hanover
(including city of Wilmington)
|
35 |
10 |
|
Southern Ridge Tops
(including Frying Pan)
|
45 |
|
|
Northern Ridge Tops
(including Mount Mitchell)
|
Data Unavailable |
Triad
|
43 |
22 |
|
Air Quality Forecast for Thursday, 03/04/2021
Alexander
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Alleghany
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Anson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Ashe
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Avery
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Beaufort
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Bertie
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Bladen
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Brunswick
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Buncombe
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Burke
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Cabarrus
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Caldwell
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Camden
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Carteret
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Catawba
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Chatham
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Cherokee
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Chowan
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Clay
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Cleveland
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Columbus
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Craven
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Cumberland
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Currituck
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Dare
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Duplin
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Durham
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Edgecombe
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Franklin
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Gaston
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Gates
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Graham
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Granville
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Greene
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Halifax
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Harnett
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Haywood
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Henderson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Hertford
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Hoke
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Hyde
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Iredell
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Jackson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Johnston
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Jones
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Lee
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Lenoir
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Lincoln
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Macon
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Madison
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Martin
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
McDowell
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Mecklenburg
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Mitchell
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Montgomery
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Moore
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Nash
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
New Hanover
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
North Ridges
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes Counties
Northampton
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Onslow
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Orange
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Pamlico
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pasquotank
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pender
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Perquimans
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Person
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Pitt
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Polk
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Richmond
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Robeson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Rowan
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Rutherford
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Sampson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Scotland
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
South Ridges
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Elevations above 4000 feet in Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Madison, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey Counties
Stanly
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Surry
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Swain
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Transylvania
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Triad
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 47
Ozone
Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and Protection
Tyrrell
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Union
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Vance
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Wake
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Warren
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Washington
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Watauga
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Wayne
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Wilkes
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Wilson
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Yadkin
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Yancey
Thursday
03/04/2021
AQI = 45
Particle Pollution
Last Updated: 03/03/2021 01:23 PM EST
Forecast Area |
Ozone AQI |
PM2.5 AQI |
Color Code |
Notices |
Buncombe
(including city of Asheville)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Avery
(including city of Boone)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Swain
(including Bryson City)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Mecklenburg
(including city of Charlotte)
|
40 |
45 |
|
|
Wake
(including city of Raleigh)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Durham
(including city of Durham)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Cumberland
(including city of Fayetteville)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Pitt
(including city of Greenville)
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
Edgecombe
(including city of Rocky Mount)
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
Catawba
(including city of Hickory)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
New Hanover
(including city of Wilmington)
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
Southern Ridge Tops
(including Frying Pan)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Northern Ridge Tops
(including Mount Mitchell)
|
35 |
45 |
|
|
Triad
|
47 |
42 |
|
|
Air Quality Forecast for Friday, 03/05/2021
Alexander
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Alleghany
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Anson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Ashe
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Avery
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Beaufort
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Bertie
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Bladen
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Brunswick
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Buncombe
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Burke
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Cabarrus
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Caldwell
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Camden
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Carteret
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Catawba
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Chatham
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Cherokee
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Chowan
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Clay
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Cleveland
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Columbus
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Craven
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Cumberland
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Currituck
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Dare
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Duplin
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Durham
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Edgecombe
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Franklin
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Gaston
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Gates
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Graham
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Granville
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Greene
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Halifax
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Harnett
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Haywood
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Henderson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Hertford
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Hoke
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Hyde
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Iredell
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Jackson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Johnston
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Jones
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Lee
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Lenoir
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Lincoln
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Macon
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Madison
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Martin
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
McDowell
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Mecklenburg
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Mitchell
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Montgomery
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Moore
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Nash
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
New Hanover
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
North Ridges
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Elevations above 4000 feet in Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes Counties
Northampton
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Onslow
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Orange
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pamlico
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pasquotank
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pender
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Perquimans
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Person
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Pitt
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Polk
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Richmond
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Robeson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Rowan
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Rutherford
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Sampson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Scotland
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
South Ridges
Friday
03/05/2021
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
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Surry
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Swain
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Transylvania
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Triad
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 39
Ozone
Forecast courtesy of Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection
Tyrrell
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Union
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Vance
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Wake
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Warren
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Washington
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Watauga
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Wayne
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Wilkes
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Wilson
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Yadkin
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Yancey
Friday
03/05/2021
AQI = 35
Ozone / Particle Pollution
Last Updated: 03/03/2021 01:26 PM EST
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)
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
Wake
(including city of Raleigh)
|
35 |
35 |
|
|
Durham
(including city of Durham)
|
35 |
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)
|
35 |
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
|
39 |
34 |
|
|