Todays Air Quality Index
For todays AQI please call 505-768-4734. You can also receive daily (weekday) AQI notices by clicking the following link:
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To see current AQI values go to AirNow, you can also run an animation of the days AQI over time.
What is EnviroFlash?
- EnviroFlash is a system that sends e-mails about your daily air quality
forecast.
- The message is the same air quality information that the local radio or television stations provide, plus suggested safety measures when levels are unhealthy.
- This service is provided by your state or local environmental agency and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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About the Air Quality Index
The
AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted
your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you.
The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days
after breathing polluted air. EPA calculates the AQI for five major air pollutants
regulated by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particle pollution (also
known as particulate matter), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen
dioxide. For each of these pollutants, EPA has established national air quality
standards to protect public health.
Index Values |
Levels of Health Concern |
Cautionary Statements |
|---|---|---|
0 to 50 - Green |
GOOD | None |
51 to 100 - Yellow |
MODERATE | Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
101 to 150 - Orange |
UNHEALTHY for SENSITIVE GROUPS |
Active children and adults, and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
151 to 200 - Red |
UNHEALTHY | Active children and adults, and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Everyone else, especially children, should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
201 to 300 - Purple |
VERY UNHEALTHY | Active children and adults, and people with lung disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion. Everyone else, especially children, should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
301 to 500 - Maroon |
HAZARDOUS | Everyone should avoid all physical activity outdoors. |
More Information About the AQI
- To hear the current AQI via phone, call (505) 768-4734 or (505) 766-7664.
- If you have questions concerning the AQI, call (505) 768-1972 or email aqd@cabq.gov.
- EPA's AQI Brochure
Web Site
- AQI Guide to Ozone (31kb)
- AQI Guide to Particulate Matter (63kb)
The EPA’s AIRNOW web site
contains general information about air pollution plus real-time and forecast
air quality data. It also contains facts about the health and environmental
effects of air pollution, steps you can take to protect your health and to reduce
pollution, and links to state and local air pollution agency web sites.