Little Canada, Minnesota Air Quality
The nearest monitor to Little Canada, at St. Paul - Downtown, 5 miles away, measured an index of 6 at Sun, 7:00 AM CDT, which is Good for coarse particles (PM10). Minnesota Pollution Control Agency forecasts Good for Twin Cities today and Good tomorrow.
- Measured now
- 6 · Good
- Today
- — · Good
- Tomorrow
- — · Good
- Pollutant
- PM10
Radar
Reflectivity now over Little Canada, Minnesota. 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 near Little Canada right now. All Minnesota warnings.
Now
Good
- Nearest monitor
- St. Paul - Downtown, 5 miles away (site 271230868)
- Index measured
- 6 · Good
- Measured at
- Sun, 7:00 AM CDT
- Reporting area
- Twin Cities, MN, 7 miles away
- Reported by
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Area index
- 22 · Good
Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.
Today and tomorrow
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's own forecast for Twin Cities, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.
| Day | Category | Index | Pollutant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Good | Ozone | |
| Tomorrow | Good | Ozone | |
| Tuesday, September 22 | Good | Ozone | |
| Wednesday, September 23 | Good | Ozone |
The forecaster’s discussion
Written by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for Twin Cities and filed with AirNow.
Continued below normal temperatures and the lack of wind moving persistently from a source region of elevated concentrations of fine particle pollution into Minnesota means continued Green (good) AQI statewide through the weekend and into next 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 Little Canada 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.
Weather forecast for Little CanadaWarnings in Ramsey CountyLive radar over Little CanadaMinnesota air quality
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.