California air quality

Marin City, California Air Quality

Marin County37.869, -122.509

The nearest monitor to Marin City, at San Rafael, 7 miles away, measured an index of 19 at Mon, 9:00 PM PDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Bay Area Air District forecasts Good for San Rafael today and Good tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew light wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
19 · Good
Today
41 · Good
Tomorrow
39 · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Marin City, California. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Marin City, California Open the live map with the particulate forecast

Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Alerts in force

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 Marin City right now. All California warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
San Rafael, 7 miles away (site 060410001)
Index measured
19 · Good
Measured at
Mon, 9:00 PM PDT
Ozone
20 ppb
Reporting area
San Rafael, CA, 7 miles away
Reported by
Bay Area Air District
Area index
19 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Bay Area Air District's own forecast for San Rafael, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood41Ozone
TomorrowGood39Ozone
Wednesday, September 23GoodOzone
Thursday, September 24GoodOzone
Friday, September 25GoodOzone
Saturday, September 26GoodOzone

Hour by hour

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.

Smoke

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over Marin City in satellite imagery today (Mon, 1:00 PM PDT to Mon, 4:30 PM PDT). That is smoke seen from above; it is not always smoke at ground level.

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

Smoke on the radar over Marin City

What this means

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.

Nearby

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

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Sources

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.