Kansas Air Quality
Chanute is the worst air in Kansas right now at an index of 36, which is Good, from ground-level ozone. AirNow carries 5 reporting areas in the state. No air quality alert is in force.
- Reporting areas
- 5
- Worst index now
- 36
- Alerts in force
- 0
- Towns under smoke
- Unavailable
Radar
Reflectivity now over Kansas. Open it to see the particulate forecast on the map.
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 in Kansas right now. All Kansas warnings.
By city, now and the days ahead5
Every AirNow reporting area in Kansas: what its monitors measured this hour, and what the state or local agency that forecasts for it expects today and tomorrow. Each area links to the nearest town’s page.
| Reporting area | Now | Category now | Today | Tomorrow | Pollutant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanute | 36 | Good | Not forecast | Not forecast | Ozone |
| Topeka | 24 | Good | Not forecast | Not forecast | PM2.5 |
| Cedar Bluff | 21 | Good | Not forecast | Not forecast | PM2.5 |
| Wichita | 21 | Good | Not forecast | Not forecast | Ozone |
| Goodland | 15 | Good | Not forecast | Not forecast | PM2.5 |
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis could not be read just now.
What this means
The index runs from 0 to 500. Good is 0 to 50, Moderate to 100, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to 150, Unhealthy to 200, Very Unhealthy to 300, and Hazardous above that. The figure reported for a place is the highest index among the pollutants measured there, and the pollutant that produced it is named beside it.
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.
Towns
Air quality for any town in Kansas: what is measured nearby, the category forecast for today and tomorrow, and NOAA’s model hour by hour. Largest first.
- Wichita396,119 people
- Overland Park186,515 people
- Kansas City152,933 people
- Olathe134,305 people
- Topeka125,963 people
- Lawrence93,917 people
- Shawnee65,046 people
- Manhattan56,308 people
- Lenexa52,490 people
- Salina47,813 people
- Hutchinson41,569 people
- Leavenworth35,980 people
- Leawood34,579 people
- Dodge City27,912 people
- Garden City27,005 people
- Emporia24,649 people
- Junction City24,621 people
- Derby23,509 people
- Prairie Village21,877 people
- Hays21,092 people
- Gardner20,868 people
- Liberal20,746 people
- Pittsburg20,409 people
- Newton19,216 people
- Great Bend15,717 people
- McPherson13,144 people
- El Dorado12,931 people
- Andover12,745 people
- Ottawa12,387 people
- Winfield12,204 people
- Arkansas City12,136 people
- Lansing11,767 people
- Merriam11,288 people
- Haysville11,212 people
- Atchison10,712 people
- Parsons10,090 people
- Coffeyville9,669 people
- Mission9,491 people
- Augusta9,299 people
- Chanute9,252 people
- Independence8,958 people
- Wellington7,987 people
- Fort Scott7,838 people
- Fort Riley North7,761 people
- Park City7,618 people
- Bonner Springs7,606 people
- Valley Center7,222 people
- Pratt6,849 people
- Roeland Park6,827 people
- Abilene6,558 people
- Eudora6,378 people
- Mulvane6,314 people
- Ulysses6,097 people
- De Soto6,074 people
- Spring Hill5,981 people
- Paola5,527 people
- Iola5,470 people
- Colby5,417 people
- Basehor5,402 people
- Tonganoxie5,248 people
- Concordia5,218 people
- Goddard4,719 people
- Baldwin City4,669 people
- Wamego4,627 people
- Russell4,534 people
- Goodland4,457 people
- Edwardsville4,390 people
- Maize4,362 people
- Clay Center4,300 people
- Osawatomie4,297 people
- Louisburg4,276 people
- Clay Center4,173 people
- Baxter Springs4,028 people
- Rose Hill3,995 people
- Fairway3,970 people
- Larned3,967 people
- Hugoton3,964 people
- Bellaire3,934 people
- Scott City3,838 people
- Hesston3,813 people
- Beloit3,790 people
- Lyons3,725 people
- Mission Hills3,601 people
- Frontenac3,422 people
- Lindsborg3,383 people
- Marysville3,323 people
- Holton3,263 people
- Garnett3,258 people
- Columbus3,146 people
- Hiawatha3,095 people
- Kingman3,086 people
- Ellsworth3,057 people
- Galena2,930 people
- Hillsboro2,869 people
- Osage City2,844 people
- Norton2,841 people
- Girard2,760 people
- Saint Marys2,627 people
- Hoisington2,623 people
- Burlington2,615 people
- Sabetha2,585 people
- South Hutchinson2,556 people
- Clearwater2,537 people
- Phillipsburg2,524 people
- Eureka2,450 people
- Herington2,396 people
- Neodesha2,357 people
- Fredonia2,326 people
- Sterling2,293 people
- Saint Marys2,289 people
- Cimarron2,262 people
- Anthony2,230 people
- Cherryvale2,230 people
- Lakin2,202 people
- Holcomb2,163 people
- Cheney2,159 people
- Ogden2,104 people
- Halstead2,093 people
- Council Grove2,086 people
- Caney2,080 people
- Ellinwood2,066 people
- Ellis2,064 people
- Oakley2,045 people
- Elkhart2,042 people
- Seneca2,034 people
- Minneapolis2,002 people
- Kechi1,996 people
- Medicine Lodge1,988 people
- Belleville1,907 people
- Plainville1,895 people
- Humboldt1,856 people
- Marion1,842 people
- Wellsville1,818 people
- WaKeeney1,811 people
- North Newton1,803 people
- McConnell AFB1,777 people
- Oswego1,766 people
- Oberlin1,761 people
- Edgerton1,736 people
- Horton1,721 people
- Westwood1,719 people
- Sedgwick1,707 people
- Moundridge1,696 people
- Douglass1,695 people
- Syracuse1,663 people
- Grandview Plaza1,662 people
- Meade1,624 people
- Belle Plaine1,621 people
- Smith Center1,616 people
- Leoti1,484 people
- Hill City1,467 people
- Arma1,451 people
- Silver Lake1,430 people
- Towanda1,428 people
- Kinsley1,422 people
- Ness City1,407 people
- Harper1,397 people
- Carbondale1,396 people
- Sublette1,384 people
- Colwich1,378 people
- Chapman1,376 people
- Osborne1,369 people
- Inman1,361 people
- Wathena1,336 people
- Buhler1,332 people
- Yates Center1,331 people
- Saint Francis1,329 people
- Johnson1,327 people
- Stockton1,322 people
- Saint John1,295 people
- Lincoln1,274 people
- La Crosse1,262 people
- Conway Springs1,237 people
- Victoria1,226 people
- Haven1,225 people
- Auburn1,218 people
- Elwood1,188 people
- Atwood1,187 people
- Hoxie1,176 people
- Pleasanton1,175 people
- Valley Falls1,157 people
- Peabody1,144 people
- Rossville1,137 people
- Satanta1,133 people
- La Cygne1,111 people
- Erie1,105 people
- Plains1,088 people
- Oskaloosa1,086 people
- Washington1,085 people
- Chetopa1,082 people
- New Century1,072 people
- Solomon1,054 people
- Altamont1,047 people
- Sedan1,041 people
- Nickerson1,036 people
- Caldwell1,030 people
- Overbrook1,024 people
- Oxford1,024 people
- Lyndon1,023 people
- Kiowa1,011 people
1 smaller towns
Smaller places have pages too; search for one on the air quality landing page.
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.