Oklahoma air quality

Dibble, Oklahoma Air Quality

McClain County35.033, -97.630

The nearest monitor to Dibble, at Kessler, 7 miles away, measured an index of 46 at Sun, 1:00 PM CDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for Oklahoma City today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
46 · Good
Today
60 · Moderate
Tomorrow
50 · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Kessler, 7 miles away (site 840400871074)
Index measured
46 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT
Ozone
55 ppb
Reporting area
Oklahoma City, OK, 34 miles away
Reported by
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
64 · 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
TodayModerate60PM2.5
TomorrowGood50Ozone
Tuesday, September 22Good50Ozone
Wednesday, September 23Moderate60Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

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

Hot southerly breezes will continue to bring northward Saharan dust. Meanwhile, a lack of rain desiccates vegetation, leaves little water to evaporate, and allows incoming solar radiation to heat the surface very effectively. Therefore, very high fire danger persists, and any fires may produce locally unhealthy smoke. Sufficient moisture aloft, steady breezes, and diurnal cumulus convection in the afternoon will limit ozone to the moderate category. Meanwhile, monsoonal moisture will bring scattered rain showers to the Panhandle through the forecast period. Early next week, a cold front will spread isolated thunderstorms to the rest of the state, and temperatures will drop significantly but stay above normal. Afterward, easterly flow with moisture, clouds, and virga aloft will impede ozone formation, but a frontal inversion and episodic sunshine enhance ozone concentrations.

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 56, Moderate, around Tue, 10:00 AM CDT, from the run issued Sun, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 9:00 AM CDT46Good8.4
Sun, 10:00 AM CDT45Good8.1
Sun, 11:00 AM CDT43Good7.3
Sun, 12:00 PM CDT41Good6.3
Sun, 1:00 PM CDT35Good5.2
Sun, 2:00 PM CDT31Good4.9
Sun, 3:00 PM CDT34Good4.937.9
Sun, 4:00 PM CDT37Good4.440.8
Sun, 5:00 PM CDT40Good4.243.2
Sun, 6:00 PM CDT42Good4.145.5
Sun, 7:00 PM CDT44Good3.547.3
Sun, 8:00 PM CDT44Good3.848.7
Sun, 9:00 PM CDT44Good4.949
Sun, 10:00 PM CDT44Good5.948.9
Sun, 11:00 PM CDT44Good4.948.2
Mon, 12:00 AM CDT44Good3.747.3
Mon, 1:00 AM CDT43Good3.746.5
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT42Good4.445.5
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT41Good4.444.3
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT39Good4.342.6
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT38Good4.841.3
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT36Good4.839.4
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT33Good5.236.9
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT31Good5.234.9
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT31Good5.133.2
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT31Good6.331.6
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT35Good730.2
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT38Good7.629.9
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT42Good8.330.9
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT44Good8.533.1
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT46Good8.436.4
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT47Good939.4
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT49Good9.141.7
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT48Good8.643.6
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT46Good7.845.6
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT46Good8.146.5
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT45Good846
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT45Good7.844.6
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT44Good7.542.4
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT45Good8.640
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT47Good9.337.5
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT49Good10.334.8
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.832.3
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.230.2
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.628.4
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT53Moderate1126.5
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.824.4
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.622.6
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.422
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT56Moderate12.222.7
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.224.1
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT55Moderate1126
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT55Moderate10.228.7
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT54Moderate9.232.2
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.336.7
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT51Moderate8.441.3
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT49Good8.345
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT49Good8.747.9
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT48Good8.549.9
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT48Good8.851.3
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT48Good8.351.8
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT47Good8.551
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT47Good8.549.1
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT48Good9.346.1
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT48Good9.143.2
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT49Good9.839.7
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT51Moderate10.436.4
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT52Moderate11.133.4
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.730.6
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.328.3
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.925.9

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 Dibble in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.9 µg/m³ around Sat, 10:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Dibble

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.