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- What Is The Air Quality in Columbus Ohio?
- Why Does Columbus Have Unhealthy Air Quality?
- Does Columbus Have Cleaner Air Than Cincinnati?
- Is Columbus Air Quality Improving?
- What Does The Columbus Smog Alert Mean?
Columbus air quality is generally clean. In 2019, Columbus air quality index (AQI) averaged an annual score of 37 or “good.” The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes “good” air quality as air that generally poses little to no health risk. Similar “good” ratings have been achieved each year in Columbus since 2012. While such optimistic...
Columbus unhealthy air quality is largely attributable to two pollutants: fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone. According to the Central Ohio Air Report, a majority of days in Central Ohio from November 2018 to October 2019 experienced “good’ US Air Quality Index (AQI) levels. In the summer, where ozone levels tend to be most severe, 22 percen...
Despite Columbus’s larger population and higher traffic burden, air pollution levels here tend to be similar to those of Cincinnati. For ozone pollution, both Hamilton County (including Cincinnati) and Franklin County (including Columbus) were rated an “F” in 2019 for exceeding the federal allowance of unhealthy ozone days. Hamilton County, with Ci...
Columbus pollution has improved steadily and significantly over the last several decades. Since 2000, the number of unhealthy ozone days has dropped from an average of 39.3 days to 4.3 days in 2018. Despite this improvement in “unhealthy” ozone days, the number of “good”-rated ozone days dropped from 81% to 78% in 2019 compared to the year prior. T...
Columbus smog alerts are advisories indicating that air pollution has or will, at minimum, reach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals. Franklin county, which includes Columbus, has up to 719,429 sensitive individuals that would be affected by a level one “orange” smog alert. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and numerous local agen...
Air Quality Awareness Week 2024 is May 6-10. The theme this year is, “Knowing Your Air”. AQAW highlights resources that increase air quality awareness and encourages people to take action and incorporate air quality knowledge into their daily living. Join us on the web and social media on May 6th to learn more. #AQAW2024.
Air Quality gives information using weather conditions, pollutants, and research from The Weather Channel and weather.com
Get your own monitor and help fill the gaps in air pollution data. Pressure info. Day. Week. No Flu Data Available. Apr 11, 2024. Pollen and Air Quality forecast for Columbus, OH with air quality ...
Air quality forecasts are provided by State and local agencies, using U.S. EPA's Air Quality Index (AQI), a uniform index that provides general information to the public about air quality and associated health effects. The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health ...
