Redford, Michigan Air Quality
The nearest monitor to Redford, at Eliza Howell - Near Roadway, 2 miles away, measured an index of 9 at Tue, 12:00 AM EDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy forecasts Good for Southeast today and Good tomorrow.
- Measured now
- 9 · Good
- Today
- — · Good
- Tomorrow
- — · Good
- Pollutant
- PM2.5
Fine particles on the map
Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Redford, Michigan. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.
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 Redford right now. All Michigan warnings.
Now
Good
- Nearest monitor
- Eliza Howell - Near Roadway, 2 miles away (site 261630093)
- Index measured
- 9 · Good
- Measured at
- Tue, 12:00 AM EDT
- Fine particles
- 1 µg/m³
- Reporting area
- Southeast, MI, 9 miles away
- Reported by
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- Area index
- 22 · Good
Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.
Today and tomorrow
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's own forecast for Southeast, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.
| Day | Category | Index | Pollutant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Good | Ozone | |
| Tomorrow | Good | Ozone | |
| Thursday, September 24 | Good | Ozone | |
| Friday, September 25 | Good | Ozone |
The forecaster’s discussion
Written by Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for Southeast and filed with AirNow.
Dry weather returns today, Monday, as high pressure settles north of Lake Superior, setting up a cooler, quiet week. Winds begin out of the northeast and shift to the east mid week. High temperatures in the low to mid 60s, will warm toward 70 late in the workweek. Lows drop into the 30s in northern areas and the 40s elsewhere. Air quality will stay mostly in the Good range this week. Ozone remains low thanks to cooler temperatures and reduced daylight. Fine particulates stay at Good levels with northeast to east winds, though southern areas may briefly reach low Moderate later in the week.
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 analysts have not drawn smoke over Redford in satellite imagery today.
NOAA’s model forecasts no measurable smoke near the ground here over the next two days.
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.