Air Quality Blog

Our 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

We 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

March heralds the start of not only meteorological spring – even if it may be colder than February was! –  but also the official start … Read more

The 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

Air 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

Wildfires 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

That 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

Have 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

Earlier 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

This 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

A 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

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