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Air quality in Bakersfield today

United States · Updated Thursday 19:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

47

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.516 µg/m³Fair
PM1071 µg/m³Poor
NO₂6 µg/m³Good
O₃97 µg/m³Fair

The pollutant that matters most in Bakersfield right now is PM10.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Bakersfield is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 59, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 19:00.

Thu 20:00: AQI 42Thu 21:00: AQI 41Thu 22:00: AQI 41Thu 23:00: AQI 41Fri 00:00: AQI 41Fri 01:00: AQI 41Fri 02:00: AQI 41Fri 03:00: AQI 41Fri 04:00: AQI 41Fri 05:00: AQI 41Fri 06:00: AQI 41Fri 07:00: AQI 40Fri 08:00: AQI 39Fri 09:00: AQI 38Fri 10:00: AQI 40Fri 11:00: AQI 42Fri 12:00: AQI 45Fri 13:00: AQI 54Fri 14:00: AQI 59Fri 15:00: AQI 59Fri 16:00: AQI 54Fri 17:00: AQI 48Fri 18:00: AQI 40Fri 19:00: AQI 36Thu 20:00Fri 08:00Fri 19:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Thu 20:0042Moderate14
Thu 23:0041Moderate16
Fri 02:0041Moderate17
Fri 05:0041Moderate17
Fri 08:0039Fair15
Fri 11:0042Moderate18
Fri 14:0059Moderate17
Fri 17:0048Moderate13

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Bakersfield was 44, with 1 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 7 Sept, the most polluted 1 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 4631 Aug: AQI 501 Sept: AQI 622 Sept: AQI 573 Sept: AQI 474 Sept: AQI 425 Sept: AQI 446 Sept: AQI 397 Sept: AQI 298 Sept: AQI 359 Sept: AQI 2910 Sept: AQI 4211 Sept: AQI 3512 Sept: AQI 3513 Sept: AQI 3914 Sept: AQI 4615 Sept: AQI 4816 Sept: AQI 4717 Sept: AQI 4518 Sept: AQI 4319 Sept: AQI 4520 Sept: AQI 5021 Sept: AQI 4622 Sept: AQI 4423 Sept: AQI 5030 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Bakersfield good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Bakersfield is 47, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Bakersfield?
At the moment PM10 contributes most to the air quality index in Bakersfield. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Bakersfield be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Bakersfield is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 59, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 19:00.
Where does this data come from?
Wheezair shows model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), served by Open-Meteo: about 11 km resolution in Europe and 40 km elsewhere, updated daily. They are not station measurements, so a busy street can be worse than its city's value.

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