Connecticut air quality

Thompsonville, Connecticut Air Quality

Capitol Planning Region41.997, -72.599

The nearest monitor to Thompsonville, at Springfield, 9 miles away, measured an index of 15 at Sun, 7:00 AM EDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection forecasts Good for Stafford today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
15 · Good
Today
27 · Good
Tomorrow
28 · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Radar

Reflectivity now over Thompsonville, Connecticut. Open it to see the particulate forecast on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and 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 Thompsonville right now. All Connecticut warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Springfield, 9 miles away (site 250130018)
Index measured
15 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 7:00 AM EDT
Fine particles
2.8 µg/m³
Reporting area
Stafford, CT, 11 miles away
Reported by
Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection
Area index
19 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection's own forecast for Stafford, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood27Ozone
TomorrowGood28PM2.5

Hour by hour

NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability, bias-corrected against monitors, for this town’s own coordinate. The worst hour ahead is an index of 53, Moderate, around Mon, 2:00 AM EDT, from the run issued Sun, 2:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 4:00 AM EDT11Good1.9
Sun, 5:00 AM EDT10Good1.6
Sun, 6:00 AM EDT8Good1.1
Sun, 7:00 AM EDT7Good1
Sun, 8:00 AM EDT5Good0.6
Sun, 9:00 AM EDT4Good0.6
Sun, 10:00 AM EDT18Good0.719
Sun, 11:00 AM EDT17Good0.818.8
Sun, 12:00 PM EDT17Good0.818.6
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT17Good0.918.4
Sun, 2:00 PM EDT16Good0.917.9
Sun, 3:00 PM EDT16Good0.817.2
Sun, 4:00 PM EDT15Good0.916.6
Sun, 5:00 PM EDT15Good0.416.5
Sun, 6:00 PM EDT15Good116.8
Sun, 7:00 PM EDT16Good0.617.1
Sun, 8:00 PM EDT16Good2.617.1
Sun, 9:00 PM EDT22Good6.516.8
Sun, 10:00 PM EDT31Good716.1
Sun, 11:00 PM EDT37Good7.915.6
Mon, 12:00 AM EDT46Good9.815.1
Mon, 1:00 AM EDT52Moderate1113.9
Mon, 2:00 AM EDT53Moderate1112.6
Mon, 3:00 AM EDT52Moderate9.711.6
Mon, 4:00 AM EDT48Good7.411.2
Mon, 5:00 AM EDT37Good4.711.4
Mon, 6:00 AM EDT31Good4.612
Mon, 7:00 AM EDT28Good4.412.6
Mon, 8:00 AM EDT27Good4.712.9
Mon, 9:00 AM EDT27Good513.3
Mon, 10:00 AM EDT23Good3.514.1
Mon, 11:00 AM EDT19Good2.615.5
Mon, 12:00 PM EDT16Good2.317.1
Mon, 1:00 PM EDT17Good2.318.8
Mon, 2:00 PM EDT19Good220.4
Mon, 3:00 PM EDT20Good2.122.4
Mon, 4:00 PM EDT22Good1.724.6
Mon, 5:00 PM EDT24Good2.426.6
Mon, 6:00 PM EDT25Good3.727.6
Mon, 7:00 PM EDT25Good3.927.4
Mon, 8:00 PM EDT24Good2.326.9
Mon, 9:00 PM EDT23Good2.426
Mon, 10:00 PM EDT22Good2.924.9
Mon, 11:00 PM EDT21Good3.223.6
Tue, 12:00 AM EDT19Good3.721.8
Tue, 1:00 AM EDT20Good3.920.1
Tue, 2:00 AM EDT21Good3.918.9
Tue, 3:00 AM EDT21Good3.817.9
Tue, 4:00 AM EDT19Good3.216.8
Tue, 5:00 AM EDT17Good2.415.8
Tue, 6:00 AM EDT16Good2.815.1
Tue, 7:00 AM EDT14Good2.114.4
Tue, 8:00 AM EDT12Good1.714
Tue, 9:00 AM EDT12Good1.513.9
Tue, 10:00 AM EDT13Good1.214.4
Tue, 11:00 AM EDT14Good0.815.4
Tue, 12:00 PM EDT15Good0.316.7
Tue, 1:00 PM EDT17Good0.618
Tue, 2:00 PM EDT18Good0.719.3
Tue, 3:00 PM EDT19Good0.721
Tue, 4:00 PM EDT20Good1.423
Tue, 5:00 PM EDT22Good1.424.8
Tue, 6:00 PM EDT23Good1.625.7
Tue, 7:00 PM EDT23Good1.526
Tue, 8:00 PM EDT23Good1.125.6
Tue, 9:00 PM EDT22Good1.724.9
Tue, 10:00 PM EDT21Good1.623.8
Tue, 11:00 PM EDT20Good1.822.2
Wed, 12:00 AM EDT19Good2.520.2
Wed, 1:00 AM EDT17Good2.618
Wed, 2:00 AM EDT15Good2.616.2

Fine particles in micrograms per cubic meter, ozone in parts per billion as an 8-hour average. The index for each hour is EPA’s: the ozone figure is already the 8-hour average the ozone index is defined on, and the particle figure is run through EPA’s NowCast, which is how an hourly PM2.5 concentration becomes an index.

Smoke

NOAA’s analysts have not drawn smoke over Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville

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.