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Air quality in Newcastle today

Australia · Updated Friday 13:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

76

Poor European AQI

Consider less intense outdoor activity, especially if you have heart or lung conditions.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.518 µg/m³Fair
PM1020 µg/m³Good
NO₂2 µg/m³Good
O₃151 µg/m³Poor

The pollutant that matters most in Newcastle right now is O₃.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Newcastle is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 73, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 22:00.

Fri 14:00: AQI 73Fri 15:00: AQI 65Fri 16:00: AQI 52Fri 17:00: AQI 36Fri 18:00: AQI 33Fri 19:00: AQI 32Fri 20:00: AQI 33Fri 21:00: AQI 31Fri 22:00: AQI 28Fri 23:00: AQI 28Sat 00:00: AQI 29Sat 01:00: AQI 30Sat 02:00: AQI 32Sat 03:00: AQI 32Sat 04:00: AQI 33Sat 05:00: AQI 38Sat 06:00: AQI 41Sat 07:00: AQI 43Sat 08:00: AQI 44Sat 09:00: AQI 44Sat 10:00: AQI 64Sat 11:00: AQI 67Sat 12:00: AQI 65Sat 13:00: AQI 63Fri 14:00Sat 02:00Sat 13:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 14:0073Poor18
Fri 17:0036Fair13
Fri 20:0033Fair11
Fri 23:0028Fair9
Sat 02:0032Fair11
Sat 05:0038Fair14
Sat 08:0044Moderate22
Sat 11:0067Poor18

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Newcastle was 33, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 3 Sept, the most polluted 30 Aug.

30 Aug: AQI 4531 Aug: AQI 411 Sept: AQI 352 Sept: AQI 263 Sept: AQI 234 Sept: AQI 295 Sept: AQI 236 Sept: AQI 327 Sept: AQI 288 Sept: AQI 419 Sept: AQI 3410 Sept: AQI 3211 Sept: AQI 4212 Sept: AQI 2913 Sept: AQI 3714 Sept: AQI 3415 Sept: AQI 2916 Sept: AQI 2317 Sept: AQI 4018 Sept: AQI 3119 Sept: AQI 3620 Sept: AQI 3321 Sept: AQI 3622 Sept: AQI 3723 Sept: AQI 3630 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Newcastle good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Newcastle is 76, which is poor. Consider less intense outdoor activity, especially if you have heart or lung conditions.
What pollutes the air in Newcastle?
At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Newcastle. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Newcastle be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Newcastle is expected to be worst around Fri 14:00 (AQI 73, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 22:00.
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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