Indiana air quality

Jasper County, Indiana Air Quality

Jasper County41.023, -87.116

The nearest monitor to Jasper County, at Valparaiso, 34 miles away, measured an index of 26 at Fri, 12:00 PM CDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management 2 forecasts Good for Hammond-Gary today and Moderate tomorrow.

Measured now
26 · Good
Today
— · Good
Tomorrow
— · Moderate
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Jasper County, Indiana 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 Jasper County right now. All Indiana warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Valparaiso, 34 miles away (site 181270026)
Index measured
26 · Good
Measured at
Fri, 12:00 PM CDT
Ozone
28 ppb
Reporting area
Hammond-Gary, IN, 40 miles away
Reported by
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management 2
Area index
55 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management 2's own forecast for Hammond-Gary, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGoodOzone
TomorrowModeratePM2.5
Sunday, September 27ModeratePM2.5
Monday, September 28ModeratePM2.5

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management 2 for Hammond-Gary and filed with AirNow.

PM2.5 and Ozone have both been in the good range over the past couple of days. Today will bring temperatures reaching the upper 60's at most. Skies will be mostly cloudy, dewpoints will stay around 50 degrees, and winds will be primarily from the northeast, reaching speeds near 5 mph. Mixing heights will rise as high as 3000 ft. This weekend will see very similar conditions; highs will reach the upper 60's, dewpoints will stay around 50 degrees, and winds will stay around 5 mph. Cloud cover will decrease on Saturday, and we will see mostly sunny skies as we move into next week. Winds on Saturday be primarily from the northeast, then shift to be more northerly on Sunday. Mixing heights will rise on Sunday, reaching above 3000 ft. Monday will bring slightly higher temperatures and dewpoints, reaching near 70 degrees and into the 50's respectively. Skies will be mostly clear. Winds will be primarily from the north, wind speeds will fall below 5 mph, and mixing height will rise above 4000 ft. The Canadian and NOAA 6Z BC models agree on good ozone over the next few days, consistent with recent ozone measurements. Given recent conditions and the autumn temperatures, ozone buildup will continue to be unlikely. The Canadian model continues to show good PM2.5 over the next few days, consistent with recent values. The NOAA 6Z BC model shows good today and then a bit of an increase tomorrow and Sunday, with some moderate PM2.5 in the area, particularly in the northwest region. With wind speeds expected to stay relatively light over the next few days, an increase into the moderate range for PM2.5 is a possibility.

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 51, Moderate, around Sun, 9:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Fri, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Fri, 2:00 PM CDT16Good3.5
Fri, 3:00 PM CDT24Good2.526.4
Fri, 4:00 PM CDT26Good2.128.5
Fri, 5:00 PM CDT27Good2.729.9
Fri, 6:00 PM CDT28Good430.4
Fri, 7:00 PM CDT28Good5.830.3
Fri, 8:00 PM CDT33Good7.329.6
Fri, 9:00 PM CDT38Good828.6
Fri, 10:00 PM CDT40Good7.627.3
Fri, 11:00 PM CDT41Good7.525.3
Sat, 12:00 AM CDT41Good7.423
Sat, 1:00 AM CDT39Good6.920.9
Sat, 2:00 AM CDT38Good6.519.3
Sat, 3:00 AM CDT36Good6.118.1
Sat, 4:00 AM CDT33Good5.617.2
Sat, 5:00 AM CDT31Good5.316.5
Sat, 6:00 AM CDT29Good4.615.9
Sat, 7:00 AM CDT25Good3.915.4
Sat, 8:00 AM CDT23Good3.715.2
Sat, 9:00 AM CDT21Good3.515.7
Sat, 10:00 AM CDT21Good3.716.8
Sat, 11:00 AM CDT24Good4.918.6
Sat, 12:00 PM CDT28Good621
Sat, 1:00 PM CDT31Good6.224
Sat, 2:00 PM CDT31Good5.627.2
Sat, 3:00 PM CDT29Good5.130.6
Sat, 4:00 PM CDT31Good533.6
Sat, 5:00 PM CDT32Good4.335.8
Sat, 6:00 PM CDT34Good3.837.3
Sat, 7:00 PM CDT34Good3.637.6
Sat, 8:00 PM CDT33Good3.636.7
Sat, 9:00 PM CDT32Good4.535.4
Sat, 10:00 PM CDT31Good5.533.6
Sat, 11:00 PM CDT30Good6.431.5
Sun, 12:00 AM CDT34Good6.929.4
Sun, 1:00 AM CDT36Good6.827
Sun, 2:00 AM CDT38Good7.124.6
Sun, 3:00 AM CDT38Good722.7
Sun, 4:00 AM CDT38Good7.121
Sun, 5:00 AM CDT40Good7.619.3
Sun, 6:00 AM CDT41Good7.517.8
Sun, 7:00 AM CDT46Good9.316.6
Sun, 8:00 AM CDT50Good9.815.5
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.615.4
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT49Good8.916.1
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT47Good7.917.5
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT46Good7.419.6
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT42Good6.522.3
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT38Good5.925.3
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT34Good5.628.5
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT33Good5.631.6
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT31Good5.133.9
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT32Good5.135.2
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT32Good5.335.2
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT32Good6.334
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT36Good7.632.2
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT40Good8.530
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT46Good9.427.9
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT48Good9.325.8
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT46Good7.823.8
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT41Good6.422.1
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT35Good5.120.9
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT29Good4.220.2
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT26Good4.219.4
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT24Good418.5
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT22Good3.717.4

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 Jasper County 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 Jasper County

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.