Colorado air quality

Pueblo West, Colorado Air Quality

Pueblo County38.350, -104.723

The nearest monitor to Pueblo West, at Pueblo West, 3 miles away, measured an index of 36 at Mon, 10:00 PM MDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment forecasts Good for Pueblo today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
36 · Good
Today
— · Good
Tomorrow
— · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Pueblo West, Colorado 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 Pueblo West right now. All Colorado warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Pueblo West, 3 miles away (site 840081010016)
Index measured
36 · Good
Measured at
Mon, 10:00 PM MDT
Ozone
38 ppb
Reporting area
Pueblo, CO, 11 miles away
Reported by
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Area index
36 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's own forecast for Pueblo, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGoodOzone
TomorrowGoodOzone

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 analysts have not drawn smoke over Pueblo West 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 Pueblo West

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.

Weather forecast for Pueblo WestWarnings in Pueblo CountyLive radar over Pueblo WestColorado air quality

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.