Pennsylvania air quality

Wheatland, Pennsylvania Air Quality

Mercer County41.201, -80.498

The nearest monitor to Wheatland, at Farrell, 1 mile away, measured an index of 33 at Sun, 4:00 PM EDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Eastgate Regional Council of Governments forecasts Good for Youngstown today and Good tomorrow.

Measured now
33 · Good
Today
39 · Good
Tomorrow
39 · Good
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

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

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Farrell, 1 mile away (site 420850100)
Index measured
33 · Good
Measured at
Sun, 4:00 PM EDT
Fine particles
4.2 µg/m³
Ozone
41 ppb
Reporting area
Youngstown, OH, 13 miles away
Reported by
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
Area index
33 · 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
TodayGood39PM2.5
TomorrowGood39PM2.5
Tuesday, September 29Good44PM2.5
Wednesday, September 30Good50PM2.5
Thursday, October 1Good44PM2.5
Friday, October 2Good34Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

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

Sunday, September 27 and Monday, September 28: With a surface low-pressure system off the East Coast, northerly to northwesterly winds will disperse pollutants and transport a clean air mass into northeastern Ohio. In addition, mild temperatures will limit ozone formation, leading to Good AQI levels on both days. Tuesday, surface high pressure over Ohio will generate light and variable winds, inhibiting dispersion. However, pollutant carryover from the prior days will be low, yielding high-Good AQI levels. Wednesday and Thursday, southerly to southwesterly winds will carry pollutants into Youngstown-Warren. However, mixing will increase as a pair of upper-level low pressure systems pass north of the state. Therefore, AQI levels will remain high-Good on both days. Friday, winds will shift to northwesterly, aiding dispersion. Additionally, clouds and rain showers will reduce ozone production. Thus, AQI levels will be 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 46, Good, around Tue, 11:00 PM EDT, from the run issued Sun, 8:00 AM EDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Sun, 6:00 PM EDT30Good0.332.5
Sun, 7:00 PM EDT31Good0.234.1
Sun, 8:00 PM EDT31Good0.234.7
Sun, 9:00 PM EDT31Good0.234.4
Sun, 10:00 PM EDT31Good0.634
Sun, 11:00 PM EDT31Good0.733.1
Mon, 12:00 AM EDT29Good1.331.8
Mon, 1:00 AM EDT28Good230.3
Mon, 2:00 AM EDT27Good2.529.1
Mon, 3:00 AM EDT26Good2.628
Mon, 4:00 AM EDT25Good2.727.1
Mon, 5:00 AM EDT24Good326.7
Mon, 6:00 AM EDT24Good1.726.3
Mon, 7:00 AM EDT23Good1.525.8
Mon, 8:00 AM EDT22Good1.124.9
Mon, 9:00 AM EDT22Good0.824.2
Mon, 10:00 AM EDT21Good123.5
Mon, 11:00 AM EDT21Good0.923.5
Mon, 12:00 PM EDT21Good1.123.7
Mon, 1:00 PM EDT21Good1.224
Mon, 2:00 PM EDT22Good1.824.6
Mon, 3:00 PM EDT23Good0.625.6
Mon, 4:00 PM EDT25Good0.427.1
Mon, 5:00 PM EDT26Good0.628.3
Mon, 6:00 PM EDT27Good1.829.4
Mon, 7:00 PM EDT27Good1.829.8
Mon, 8:00 PM EDT28Good2.230.6
Mon, 9:00 PM EDT29Good2.631.5
Mon, 10:00 PM EDT29Good2.732
Mon, 11:00 PM EDT30Good332.1
Tue, 12:00 AM EDT30Good3.632.1
Tue, 1:00 AM EDT30Good4.432.1
Tue, 2:00 AM EDT29Good4.731.7
Tue, 3:00 AM EDT28Good4.930.3
Tue, 4:00 AM EDT26Good4.428.4
Tue, 5:00 AM EDT24Good2.726.3
Tue, 6:00 AM EDT21Good3.423.7
Tue, 7:00 AM EDT22Good4.421.2
Tue, 8:00 AM EDT24Good4.818.7
Tue, 9:00 AM EDT26Good516.7
Tue, 10:00 AM EDT27Good5.216.3
Tue, 11:00 AM EDT33Good7.117.8
Tue, 12:00 PM EDT37Good7.220.4
Tue, 1:00 PM EDT34Good5.823.4
Tue, 2:00 PM EDT36Good6.727.5
Tue, 3:00 PM EDT33Good5.432.3
Tue, 4:00 PM EDT34Good5.437.4
Tue, 5:00 PM EDT39Good5.642.5
Tue, 6:00 PM EDT43Good5.546.5
Tue, 7:00 PM EDT45Good6.649
Tue, 8:00 PM EDT45Good7.149.3
Tue, 9:00 PM EDT44Good9.348.9
Tue, 10:00 PM EDT44Good8.647.5
Tue, 11:00 PM EDT46Good8.545.8
Wed, 12:00 AM EDT44Good7.943.5
Wed, 1:00 AM EDT40Good640.6
Wed, 2:00 AM EDT36Good5.437.2
Wed, 3:00 AM EDT31Good4.433.6
Wed, 4:00 AM EDT29Good4.931.1
Wed, 5:00 AM EDT28Good5.328.8
Wed, 6:00 AM EDT33Good6.726.7
Wed, 7:00 AM EDT33Good6.124
Wed, 8:00 AM EDT35Good6.621.5

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 Wheatland 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 Wheatland

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.