Pennsylvania air quality

East Norriton, Pennsylvania Air Quality

Montgomery County40.150, -75.336

The nearest monitor to East Norriton, at Norristown, 3 miles away, measured an index of 19 at Tue, 5:00 AM EDT, which is Good for fine particles (PM2.5). Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection forecasts Good for Philadelphia today and Moderate tomorrow.

Measured now
19 · Good
Today
50 · Good
Tomorrow
55 · Moderate
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

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

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over East Norriton, Pennsylvania 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 East Norriton right now. All Pennsylvania warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Norristown, 3 miles away (site 420910013)
Index measured
19 · Good
Measured at
Tue, 5:00 AM EDT
Fine particles
3.8 µg/m³
Ozone
4 ppb
Reporting area
Philadelphia, PA, 17 miles away
Reported by
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection
Area index
29 · Good

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

Today and tomorrow

Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection's own forecast for Philadelphia, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayGood50PM2.5
TomorrowModerate55PM2.5
Thursday, October 1ModeratePM2.5

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection for Philadelphia and filed with AirNow.

Important Information: Daily Ozone Forecasts will be ending for the season on Wednesday, September 30th. Ozone forecasts will resume April 2027. *** Current Conditions: A strong storm is spinning along the New England coastline today, bringing plenty of clouds, a light northerly breeze, and good air quality for ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). *** Tuesday: The New England storm that brought plenty of clouds and rain to Pennsylvania will depart out to sea. Aside from some lingering low clouds Tuesday morning, gradual clearing is expected. The combination of a light northwest wind and morning cloud cover will keep ozone in the good range, and PM2.5 will be in the high-end good range. Highs will be in the mid-70s. *** Extended Forecast: High pressure will settle over the Mid-Atlantic midweek, causing warm, dry and tranquil conditions. Air quality for ozone and PM2.5 will reach the low-end moderate category as the flow becomes westerly and full sunshine heats the ground. Temperatures will be bordering 80 degrees. Moderate air quality will continue into Thursday with high pressure remaining in control. Full afternoon sunshine will warm the air into the lower 80s Thursday afternoon. Moderate air quality may also persist into Friday, but a cold front will bring the return of good air quality this weekend with more clouds and rain.--Curtis

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 Wed, 11:00 PM EDT, from the run issued Mon, 11:00 PM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Tue, 6:00 AM EDT27Good4.816.2
Tue, 7:00 AM EDT27Good4.715.7
Tue, 8:00 AM EDT27Good4.915.1
Tue, 9:00 AM EDT28Good5.314.7
Tue, 10:00 AM EDT28Good5.114.8
Tue, 11:00 AM EDT24Good3.815.3
Tue, 12:00 PM EDT21Good3.116.4
Tue, 1:00 PM EDT20Good3.318.4
Tue, 2:00 PM EDT19Good3.320.7
Tue, 3:00 PM EDT21Good3.323.2
Tue, 4:00 PM EDT23Good3.325.6
Tue, 5:00 PM EDT25Good3.327.8
Tue, 6:00 PM EDT27Good3.129.5
Tue, 7:00 PM EDT28Good330.8
Tue, 8:00 PM EDT29Good3.831.1
Tue, 9:00 PM EDT29Good3.731.1
Tue, 10:00 PM EDT28Good4.730.2
Tue, 11:00 PM EDT27Good4.229.2
Wed, 12:00 AM EDT26Good3.728.2
Wed, 1:00 AM EDT24Good4.626.8
Wed, 2:00 AM EDT26Good5.525.4
Wed, 3:00 AM EDT29Good5.924.4
Wed, 4:00 AM EDT34Good6.923.7
Wed, 5:00 AM EDT37Good7.322.3
Wed, 6:00 AM EDT41Good8.321.1
Wed, 7:00 AM EDT43Good8.220
Wed, 8:00 AM EDT42Good7.518.6
Wed, 9:00 AM EDT49Good10.217.5
Wed, 10:00 AM EDT43Good6.516.8
Wed, 11:00 AM EDT36Good5.517
Wed, 12:00 PM EDT34Good5.617.9
Wed, 1:00 PM EDT35Good6.519.7
Wed, 2:00 PM EDT36Good6.622.9
Wed, 3:00 PM EDT35Good6.326.6
Wed, 4:00 PM EDT34Good6.230.8
Wed, 5:00 PM EDT31Good4.734.8
Wed, 6:00 PM EDT35Good5.738.1
Wed, 7:00 PM EDT37Good640.3
Wed, 8:00 PM EDT39Good6.742
Wed, 9:00 PM EDT39Good7.842.7
Wed, 10:00 PM EDT48Good10.442.5
Wed, 11:00 PM EDT54Moderate12.442.2
Thu, 12:00 AM EDT54Moderate10.641.2
Thu, 1:00 AM EDT53Moderate10.140.2
Thu, 2:00 AM EDT52Moderate9.439.1
Thu, 3:00 AM EDT52Moderate9.137.8
Thu, 4:00 AM EDT51Moderate9.336.1
Thu, 5:00 AM EDT51Moderate9.234.4
Thu, 6:00 AM EDT53Moderate1132
Thu, 7:00 AM EDT52Moderate9.628.8
Thu, 8:00 AM EDT53Moderate10.726

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 East Norriton in satellite imagery today.

NOAA’s model forecasts no measurable smoke near the ground here over the next two days.

Smoke on the radar over East Norriton

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 East NorritonWarnings in Montgomery CountyLive radar over East NorritonPennsylvania 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.