Air Quality Blog
- Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air QualityOur summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the … Read more
- Smoke Drives April Air Quality WoesWe usually experience good air quality conditions throughout the spring in North Carolina, often due to those April showers that bring May flowers! However, it … Read more
- Springing into the 2023 Ozone SeasonMarch heralds the start of not only meteorological spring – even if it may be colder than February was! – but also the official start … Read more
- Heat and Air Quality in 2022: Temperatures, Ozone Peaked in JuneThe foliage reaching its final form and the first freeze of the season – not to mention the calendar showing it’s now November – are … Read more
- NCDAQ & NWS: Collaboration for Air Awareness and PreparationAir Quality Forecasting As we have touched on in other posts in the past, the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) is responsible for … Read more
- Seeing Through the Smoke to be Air Aware and PreparedWildfires Air Quality Awareness Week begins with a look at wildfires and smoke. A wildfire is a fire that is either unplanned or out of … Read more
- Air Quality Updates: What to Watch for in 2022That feeling of spring in the air will soon be joined by powdery puffs of pollen, some sniffs of smoke, and potentially even occasional unhealthy … Read more
- Winter Air QualityHave you noticed how fine particulate readings in the morning are often higher than the afternoon during the winter months? This is often due to … Read more
- Air Quality MonitoringEarlier this month we discussed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), but how do we measure air quality to ensure our air is within … Read more
- AIR Tool Offers Air Quality and Weather Data, in DetailThis post originally appeared on the State Climate Office’s Climate Blog in August 2021 coinciding with the public launch of the Ambient Information Reporter. The State Climate Office … Read more
- Air Quality MonitoringA Statewide Effort Last month we discussed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), but how do we measure air quality to ensure our air … Read more
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)In an earlier post, we discussed the Air Quality Index and how it measures the state of the air. We mentioned that the breakpoints for … Read more