AirNow: Air Quality Index Monitoring and Forecasts - Drought ...

AirNow is a partnership of the EPA, NOAA, National Park Service, NASA, Centers for Disease Control, and tribal, state, and local air quality agencies. Access. Skiptomaincontent The.govmeansit’sofficial. Federalgovernmentwebsitesoftenendin.govor.mil.Beforesharingsensitiveinformation,makesureyou’reonafederalgovernmentsite. Thesiteissecure. Thehttps://ensuresthatyouareconnectingtotheofficialwebsiteandthatanyinformationyouprovideisencryptedandtransmittedsecurely. SiteSection Data&Maps AirNow:AirQualityIndexMonitoringandForecasts AssociatedAgencies U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA),NationalParkService,NASA,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,U.S.ForestService,U.S.DepartmentofState DataCoverage NorthAmerica PeriodofRecord Currentconditions,forecasts FileFormat csv json xml AirNowisaone-stopsourceforairqualitydata. AirNowreportsairqualityusingtheofficialU.S. AirQualityIndex (AQI),acolor-codedindexdesignedtocommunicatewhetherairqualityishealthyorunhealthy. TheAQIiscalculatedforfourmajorairpollutantsregulatedbytheCleanAirAct:groundlevelozone,particlepollution,carbonmonoxide,andsulfurdioxide.Foreachofthesepollutants,EPAhasestablishednationalairqualitystandardstoprotectpublichealth. Ofthese,ground-levelozoneandairborneparticlesarethetwopollutantsthatposethegreatestthreattohumanhealth. AirNowisapartnershipoftheEPA,NOAA,NationalParkService,NASA,CentersforDiseaseControl,andtribal,state,andlocalairqualityagencies. Access AirNow:HomepageforEPA'sAirNowtool. FireandSmokeMap:Interactivemapdisplaying informationongroundlevelairqualitymonitorsrecordingfineparticulates(PM2.5)fromsmokeandothersources,aswellasinformationonfires,smokeplumelocations,andspecialstatementsaboutsmokeissuedbyvarioussources. InteractiveMapofAirQuality:InteractivemapshowingdataforairqualitymonitorsintheU.S.,Canada,andMexico,includingcurrentconditionsandforecasts. NationalMaps:NationalmapsshowingcurrentairqualityconditionsandairqualityforecastsfortheU.S. AirData:Access outdoor airqualitydatacollectedfrom state,localandtribalmonitoringagencies acrosstheUnitedStates. Documentation AboutAirNow AbouttheData HowtoUsetheAirNowWebsite Partner(s) NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA) U.S.ForestService NationalParkService U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA) NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA) CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC) RepresentativeImage GotoAirNowTool