Ohio air quality

Ansonia, Ohio Air Quality

Darke County40.215, -84.637

The nearest monitor to Ansonia, at Preble NCore, 27 miles away, measured an index of 52 at Sun, 10:00 AM EDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). NOAA’s air quality model puts the worst hour ahead at an index of 57, Moderate. NOAA’s analysts drew medium wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
52 · Moderate
Today
Not forecast
Tomorrow
Not forecast
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Ansonia, Ohio 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 Ansonia right now. All Ohio warnings.

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
Preble NCore, 27 miles away (site 391351001)
Index measured
52 · Moderate
Measured at
Sun, 10:00 AM EDT
Fine particles
9.3 µg/m³
Ozone
32 ppb
Reporting area
Muncie, IN, 19 miles away
Reported by
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management 2
Area index
52 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

No state or local agency has filed a daily forecast for this area. NOAA’s model forecast below covers the same hours.

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 Sun, 4:00 PM EDT, from the run issued Sun, 2:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 4:00 AM EDT34Good6.3
Sun, 5:00 AM EDT32Good5.1
Sun, 6:00 AM EDT23Good3.1
Sun, 7:00 AM EDT20Good3
Sun, 8:00 AM EDT18Good3.2
Sun, 9:00 AM EDT18Good3.1
Sun, 10:00 AM EDT22Good3.124.9
Sun, 11:00 AM EDT24Good4.326.2
Sun, 12:00 PM EDT27Good6.228.3
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT39Good9.430.9
Sun, 2:00 PM EDT52Moderate12.433.4
Sun, 3:00 PM EDT56Moderate13.835.7
Sun, 4:00 PM EDT57Moderate12.937.8
Sun, 5:00 PM EDT56Moderate1140.2
Sun, 6:00 PM EDT55Moderate1141.7
Sun, 7:00 PM EDT54Moderate1041.8
Sun, 8:00 PM EDT48Good6.841.2
Sun, 9:00 PM EDT37Good4.240.4
Sun, 10:00 PM EDT35Good4.438.1
Sun, 11:00 PM EDT32Good4.635.6
Mon, 12:00 AM EDT31Good4.533.5
Mon, 1:00 AM EDT29Good531.2
Mon, 2:00 AM EDT28Good5.529.3
Mon, 3:00 AM EDT32Good6.428.6
Mon, 4:00 AM EDT32Good628
Mon, 5:00 AM EDT29Good4.627.3
Mon, 6:00 AM EDT25Good3.527.4
Mon, 7:00 AM EDT25Good2.627.3
Mon, 8:00 AM EDT24Good2.126.9
Mon, 9:00 AM EDT24Good2.226.3
Mon, 10:00 AM EDT23Good1.725.5
Mon, 11:00 AM EDT22Good2.324.3
Mon, 12:00 PM EDT21Good3.423.2
Mon, 1:00 PM EDT20Good4.322.2
Mon, 2:00 PM EDT21Good421.4
Mon, 3:00 PM EDT19Good3.121.3
Mon, 4:00 PM EDT19Good2.921.8
Mon, 5:00 PM EDT20Good2.822.7
Mon, 6:00 PM EDT22Good2.524.2
Mon, 7:00 PM EDT23Good1.525.9
Mon, 8:00 PM EDT25Good0.727.2
Mon, 9:00 PM EDT26Good0.628.1
Mon, 10:00 PM EDT26Good2.928.7
Mon, 11:00 PM EDT27Good3.129
Tue, 12:00 AM EDT26Good3.128.7
Tue, 1:00 AM EDT26Good2.828.1
Tue, 2:00 AM EDT24Good3.126.9
Tue, 3:00 AM EDT23Good3.225.7
Tue, 4:00 AM EDT22Good2.524.7
Tue, 5:00 AM EDT21Good1.623.7
Tue, 6:00 AM EDT20Good1.222.6
Tue, 7:00 AM EDT19Good0.921.4
Tue, 8:00 AM EDT19Good120.3
Tue, 9:00 AM EDT18Good1.519.4
Tue, 10:00 AM EDT17Good2.918.5
Tue, 11:00 AM EDT19Good518
Tue, 12:00 PM EDT28Good6.818.4
Tue, 1:00 PM EDT36Good7.719.6
Tue, 2:00 PM EDT38Good7.320.8
Tue, 3:00 PM EDT38Good7.122.2
Tue, 4:00 PM EDT39Good7.223.6
Tue, 5:00 PM EDT41Good7.825.4
Tue, 6:00 PM EDT42Good7.727.4
Tue, 7:00 PM EDT36Good5.628.9
Tue, 8:00 PM EDT30Good4.429.4
Tue, 9:00 PM EDT29Good5.329.4
Tue, 10:00 PM EDT35Good7.429.5
Tue, 11:00 PM EDT35Good6.429.4
Wed, 12:00 AM EDT31Good4.629.1
Wed, 1:00 AM EDT26Good3.328.1
Wed, 2:00 AM EDT24Good3.226.7

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 Hazard Mapping System analysts drew medium smoke over Ansonia in satellite imagery today (Sun, 8:00 AM EDT to Sun, 11:00 AM EDT). That is smoke seen from above; it is not always smoke at ground level.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 1.1 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 PM EDT.

Smoke on the radar over Ansonia

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.

Weather forecast for AnsoniaWarnings in Darke CountyLive radar over AnsoniaOhio 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.