Kentucky air quality

Trigg County, Kentucky Air Quality

Trigg County36.806, -87.873

The nearest monitor to Trigg County, at Pennyrile Forest, 21 miles away, measured an index of 57 at Mon, 11:00 AM CDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div. forecasts Moderate for Clarksville-Montgomery County today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
57 · Moderate
Today
51 · Moderate
Tomorrow
50 · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

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

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

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
Pennyrile Forest, 21 miles away (site 840210470007)
Index measured
57 · Moderate
Measured at
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT
Fine particles
11.1 µg/m³
Ozone
33 ppb
Reporting area
Clarksville-Montgomery County, TN, 17 miles away
Reported by
Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div.
Area index
57 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div.'s own forecast for Clarksville-Montgomery County, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate51PM2.5
TomorrowGood50PM2.5

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 57, Moderate, around Mon, 12:00 PM CDT, from the run issued Mon, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.3
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.6
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT56Moderate13
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.4
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.5
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT56Moderate11.7
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.235.4
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.240
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT56Moderate10.744
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT55Moderate9.946.7
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT55Moderate10.747.5
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.146.7
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT42Good5.645.7
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT40Good543.9
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT38Good6.241.4
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT35Good6.438.5
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT40Good8.335.4
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT41Good7.532.6
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT36Good5.831.1
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT33Good5.630.5
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT34Good6.229.4
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT32Good5.628.2
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT34Good6.827.8
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT36Good6.627.6
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT37Good728
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT38Good7.428.7
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT38Good7.329
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT40Good7.929.8
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT43Good8.831.2
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT43Good7.633.6
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT41Good736
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT42Good7.838.6
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT43Good841.1
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT43Good8.343.1
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT46Good9.444.3
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT46Good8.544
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT42Good6.142.8
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT38Good5.840.6
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT35Good5.737.7
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT32Good5.234.2
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT36Good7.330.2
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT39Good7.726.1
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT42Good8.322.3
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT44Good8.519.4
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT47Good8.917.1
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT43Good7.215.2
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT44Good8.414.3
Wed, 8:00 AM CDT45Good8.313.8
Wed, 9:00 AM CDT44Good7.814.1
Wed, 10:00 AM CDT44Good7.915.2
Wed, 11:00 AM CDT41Good6.917.1
Wed, 12:00 PM CDT42Good7.319
Wed, 1:00 PM CDT42Good7.621.3
Wed, 2:00 PM CDT41Good6.724.3
Wed, 3:00 PM CDT40Good727
Wed, 4:00 PM CDT42Good8.529.5
Wed, 5:00 PM CDT42Good8.131.6
Wed, 6:00 PM CDT43Good8.133.3
Wed, 7:00 PM CDT44Good934.1
Wed, 8:00 PM CDT46Good8.634.3
Wed, 9:00 PM CDT44Good7.433.9
Wed, 10:00 PM CDT45Good8.732.6
Wed, 11:00 PM CDT46Good8.830.6
Thu, 12:00 AM CDT48Good9.428.3
Thu, 1:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.425.9
Thu, 2:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.523
Thu, 3:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.220.3
Thu, 4:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.117.8
Thu, 5:00 AM CDT50Good8.515.2
Thu, 6:00 AM CDT48Good7.812.7
Thu, 7:00 AM CDT46Good7.310.7

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 Trigg County in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 3.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 6:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Trigg County

What this means

Moderate

Air quality is acceptable. There may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

Who is affected
People who are unusually sensitive to ozone or fine particles.
What to do
If you are unusually sensitive, consider making long or intense outdoor activity shorter or easier.
Index range
51 to 100

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.