Ohio air quality

Girard, Ohio Air Quality

Trumbull County41.154, -80.701

The nearest monitor to Girard, at Youngstown State, 5 miles away, measured an index of 36 at Sun, 6:00 AM EDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Eastgate Regional Council of Governments forecasts Good for Youngstown today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
36 · Good
Today
44 · Good
Tomorrow
34 · Good
Pollutant
PM2.5

Radar

Reflectivity now over Girard, Ohio. Open it to see the particulate forecast on the map.

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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 Girard right now. All Ohio warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Youngstown State, 5 miles away (site 840390990015)
Index measured
36 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 6:00 AM EDT
Fine particles
6.8 µg/m³
Ozone
3 ppb
Reporting area
Youngstown, OH, 5 miles away
Reported by
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
Area index
38 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Eastgate Regional Council of Governments's own forecast for Youngstown, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood44PM2.5
TomorrowGood34Ozone
Tuesday, September 22Good35Ozone
Wednesday, September 23Good39PM2.5
Thursday, September 24Good50PM2.5

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Eastgate Regional Council of Governments for Youngstown and filed with AirNow.

Saturday, September 19: Periods of light east-southeasterly winds will gradually transport regional pollutants into the Mahoning Valley. However, partly to mostly cloudy skies and rain showers will keep ozone development in check. In addition, carryover from the previous days will be low. Therefore, AQI levels will be high-Good. Sunday, September 20: As a surface low pressure system traverses the Buckeye State, moderate southwesterly winds will shift to northerly, dispersing pollutants and leading to Good AQI levels. Monday through Wednesday, as an area of low pressure develops to the southwest, clouds, rain showers, and cool temperatures will limit ozone production in the Youngstown-Warren region. Furthermore, northeasterly to easterly winds throughout much of the period will disperse pollutants and keep the atmosphere well mixed, yielding Good AQI levels on all three days. Thursday, as the low pressure system enters southwest Ohio, southeasterly winds will carry regional pollutants into the Mahoning Valley. However, clouds and showers will continue to inhibit ozone formation, and pollutant carryover from previous days will be low. Therefore, AQI levels will be high-Good.

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 54, Moderate, around Sun, 8:00 AM EDT, from the run issued Sun, 2:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 4:00 AM EDT52Moderate10.1
Sun, 5:00 AM EDT52Moderate9.7
Sun, 6:00 AM EDT53Moderate11
Sun, 7:00 AM EDT53Moderate10.8
Sun, 8:00 AM EDT54Moderate11.5
Sun, 9:00 AM EDT54Moderate10.5
Sun, 10:00 AM EDT53Moderate9.515.1
Sun, 11:00 AM EDT53Moderate9.916.2
Sun, 12:00 PM EDT53Moderate9.618.1
Sun, 1:00 PM EDT52Moderate919.9
Sun, 2:00 PM EDT51Moderate7.922
Sun, 3:00 PM EDT48Good7.923.6
Sun, 4:00 PM EDT41Good6.224.4
Sun, 5:00 PM EDT32Good4.425.6
Sun, 6:00 PM EDT24Good2.726.4
Sun, 7:00 PM EDT24Good3.826.8
Sun, 8:00 PM EDT24Good426.7
Sun, 9:00 PM EDT24Good4.626.7
Sun, 10:00 PM EDT26Good5.126.6
Sun, 11:00 PM EDT27Good5.127.6
Mon, 12:00 AM EDT31Good6.528.9
Mon, 1:00 AM EDT34Good6.629.7
Mon, 2:00 AM EDT37Good7.430
Mon, 3:00 AM EDT39Good7.629.9
Mon, 4:00 AM EDT41Good7.730.3
Mon, 5:00 AM EDT37Good5.830.5
Mon, 6:00 AM EDT28Good2.930.3
Mon, 7:00 AM EDT27Good2.929.2
Mon, 8:00 AM EDT25Good2.827.9
Mon, 9:00 AM EDT24Good3.326.5
Mon, 10:00 AM EDT23Good3.725.4
Mon, 11:00 AM EDT22Good3.824.2
Mon, 12:00 PM EDT21Good1.723.4
Mon, 1:00 PM EDT20Good3.322.8
Mon, 2:00 PM EDT20Good3.722.2
Mon, 3:00 PM EDT20Good421.8
Mon, 4:00 PM EDT19Good2.521.5
Mon, 5:00 PM EDT19Good1.721.4
Mon, 6:00 PM EDT19Good0.421.5
Mon, 7:00 PM EDT19Good0.521.4
Mon, 8:00 PM EDT19Good2.821.5
Mon, 9:00 PM EDT19Good2.621.7
Mon, 10:00 PM EDT20Good1.622.6
Mon, 11:00 PM EDT21Good1.323.8
Tue, 12:00 AM EDT22Good1.824.9
Tue, 1:00 AM EDT23Good1.825.6
Tue, 2:00 AM EDT24Good1.426.3
Tue, 3:00 AM EDT25Good0.527.4
Tue, 4:00 AM EDT25Good0.827.9
Tue, 5:00 AM EDT25Good0.327.6
Tue, 6:00 AM EDT25Good0.427.1
Tue, 7:00 AM EDT24Good0.226
Tue, 8:00 AM EDT22Good0.325
Tue, 9:00 AM EDT21Good1.523.7
Tue, 10:00 AM EDT20Good222.3
Tue, 11:00 AM EDT19Good2.420.9
Tue, 12:00 PM EDT19Good2.620.3
Tue, 1:00 PM EDT19Good2.120.4
Tue, 2:00 PM EDT19Good3.120.5
Tue, 3:00 PM EDT19Good3.420.9
Tue, 4:00 PM EDT19Good2.521.4
Tue, 5:00 PM EDT20Good2.322.4
Tue, 6:00 PM EDT21Good1.823.2
Tue, 7:00 PM EDT21Good0.723.5
Tue, 8:00 PM EDT20Good0.622.6
Tue, 9:00 PM EDT19Good0.821.7
Tue, 10:00 PM EDT19Good0.720.9
Tue, 11:00 PM EDT19Good0.120.6
Wed, 12:00 AM EDT19Good0.820.5
Wed, 1:00 AM EDT19Good1.320.1
Wed, 2:00 AM EDT19Good1.320

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 Girard in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.3 µg/m³ around Sun, 5:00 AM EDT.

Smoke on the radar over Girard

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.