Air quality in Rapid City today
United States · Updated Thursday 17:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Fair European AQI
Fine for almost everyone.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 2 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 2 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 1 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 86 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Rapid City right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
The air in Rapid City should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 08:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 18:00 | 30 | Fair | 2 |
| Thu 21:00 | 27 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 00:00 | 24 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 03:00 | 24 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 06:00 | 23 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 09:00 | 23 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 12:00 | 34 | Fair | 2 |
| Fri 15:00 | 37 | Fair | 1 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Rapid City was 26, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 20 Sept, the most polluted 9 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Rapid City good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Rapid City is 33, which is fair. Fine for almost everyone.
- What pollutes the air in Rapid City?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Rapid City. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Rapid City be cleanest?
- The air in Rapid City should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 08:00.
- 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.