Georgia air quality

Hamilton, Georgia Air Quality

Harris County32.758, -84.875

The nearest monitor to Hamilton, at Columbus Airport, 17 miles away, measured an index of 38 at Sun, 1:00 PM EDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Georgia Department of Natural Resources forecasts Good for Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL today and Good tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew medium wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
38 · Good
Today
44 · Good
Tomorrow
50 · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Hamilton, Georgia 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 Hamilton right now. All Georgia warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Columbus Airport, 17 miles away (site 132150008)
Index measured
38 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT
Ozone
43 ppb
Reporting area
Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL, GA, 17 miles away
Reported by
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Area index
40 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Georgia Department of Natural Resources's own forecast for Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood44PM2.5
TomorrowGood50PM2.5

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 medium smoke over Hamilton in satellite imagery today (Sun, 8:00 AM EDT to Sun, 11:00 AM EDT). That is smoke seen from above; it is not always smoke at ground level.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 1.2 µg/m³ around Sun, 9:00 AM EDT.

Smoke on the radar over Hamilton

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.