College, Alaska Air Quality

An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.

None are in force near College right now. All Alaska warnings.

Good

Nearest monitor

NCore, 2 miles away (site 020900034)

Index measured

24 · Good

Measured at

Sun, 9:00 AM AKDT

Fine particles

6.1 µg/m³

Ozone

6 ppb

Reporting area

Fairbanks, AK, 3 miles away

Reported by

State of Alaska DEC

Area index

24 · Good

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

No state or local agency has filed a daily forecast for this area. NOAA’s model forecast below covers the same hours.

NOAA’s air quality model could not be read for this point just now. It runs twice a day and covers the lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii.

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over College in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts no measurable smoke near the ground here over the next two days.

Smoke on the radar over College

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Who is affected

Nobody is expected to be affected.

What to do

It is a good day to be outside.

Index range

0 to 50

Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.

What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.

The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.

• Fairbanks, AK3 miles
• Farmers Loop, AK5 miles
• Ester, AK6 miles
• Badger, AK9 miles
• North Pole, AK15 miles
• Eielson Air Force Base, AK26 miles
• Salcha, AK35 miles

Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.