Oklahoma air quality

Cleveland County, Oklahoma Air Quality

Cleveland County35.203, -97.326

The nearest monitor to Cleveland County, at Moore, 12 miles away, measured an index of 51 at Mon, 9:00 AM CDT, which is Moderate for fine particles (PM2.5). Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Good for Oklahoma City today and Moderate tomorrow.

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

Fine particles on the map

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

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

Now

Moderate

Nearest monitor
Moore, 12 miles away (site 400270049)
Index measured
51 · Moderate
Measured at
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT
Fine particles
9.9 µg/m³
Ozone
20 ppb
Reporting area
Oklahoma City, OK, 23 miles away
Reported by
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
52 · Moderate

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

Today and tomorrow

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's own forecast for Oklahoma City, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood50Ozone
TomorrowModerate60Ozone
Wednesday, September 23Moderate60Ozone
Thursday, September 24Moderate70Ozone
Friday, September 25Moderate80Ozone
Saturday, September 26Moderate70Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality for Oklahoma City and filed with AirNow.

Winds out of the north east will keep pollutant levels low for most of the state through Wednesday. A southerly wind shift beginning Thursday paired with warm temperatures will push ozone into the moderate category for the back end of the week in most areas.

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 55, Moderate, around Tue, 10:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Mon, 1:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT41Good7.1
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT36Good5.6
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT27Good3.8
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT23Good3.4
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT24Good4.5
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT24Good4.5
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT30Good532.7
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT33Good7.232
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT37Good7.632.2
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT42Good8.533.3
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT43Good8.134.7
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT42Good7.336.6
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT41Good7.438.5
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT40Good740.5
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT39Good6.542.3
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT40Good6.743.8
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT41Good7.444.5
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT40Good6.743.9
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT39Good5.942.1
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT37Good6.940
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT36Good6.337.7
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT39Good8.135.8
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT44Good9.434.3
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.532.9
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.531.5
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.130.4
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.430
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.129.8
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT52Moderate9.529.1
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.527.9
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT53Moderate10.427.1
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.127.1
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.728.2
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT53Moderate1030.5
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT53Moderate8.933.6
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT49Good7.436.7
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT47Good7.840.6
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT44Good7.344.6
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT44Good7.548.3
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT47Good8.251.1
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT48Good8.752.8
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT49Good953.5
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT48Good8.452.9
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT47Good8.851.4
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT46Good7.849.4
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT46Good8.747.3
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT47Good8.845.1
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT47Good8.842.9
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT47Good8.740.7
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT48Good9.238.3
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT48Good936.4
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT50Good9.734.7
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.932.9
Wed, 8:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.231.1
Wed, 9:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.229.3
Wed, 10:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.828.3
Wed, 11:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.228.2
Wed, 12:00 PM CDT53Moderate9.929.2
Wed, 1:00 PM CDT53Moderate9.231
Wed, 2:00 PM CDT51Moderate7.833.5
Wed, 3:00 PM CDT47Good7.536.3
Wed, 4:00 PM CDT45Good7.539.5
Wed, 5:00 PM CDT44Good7.742.6
Wed, 6:00 PM CDT47Good9.345.5
Wed, 7:00 PM CDT48Good9.147.5
Wed, 8:00 PM CDT49Good9.248.5
Wed, 9:00 PM CDT47Good7.748.4
Wed, 10:00 PM CDT46Good847.6
Wed, 11:00 PM CDT47Good9.346.8
Thu, 12:00 AM CDT49Good9.845.8
Thu, 1:00 AM CDT49Good9.444.5

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 Cleveland County in satellite imagery today.

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

Smoke on the radar over Cleveland 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.