Air quality in Ridgecrest today
United States · Updated Friday 02:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Good European AQI
Clean air. A great time to be outside.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 6 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 9 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 52 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Ridgecrest right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in Ridgecrest is expected to be worst around Fri 12:00 (AQI 41, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 00:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 03:00 | 19 | Good | 5 |
| Fri 06:00 | 20 | Good | 5 |
| Fri 09:00 | 22 | Fair | 6 |
| Fri 12:00 | 41 | Moderate | 5 |
| Fri 15:00 | 37 | Fair | 2 |
| Fri 18:00 | 36 | Fair | 2 |
| Fri 21:00 | 27 | Fair | 3 |
| Sat 00:00 | 17 | Good | 4 |
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Ridgecrest good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Ridgecrest is 19, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Ridgecrest?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Ridgecrest. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Ridgecrest be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in Ridgecrest is expected to be worst around Fri 12:00 (AQI 41, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 00:00.
- 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.