The 24-hour standard is violated if the three-year average of the annual 98th percentile of daily averages at a site is above 35 µg/m 3.Īir Quality Guide for Ozone and Particle Pollution The annual standard is violated if the three-year average is above 12.0 µg/m 3. The level of the annual standard is 12.0 µg/m 3 annual arithmetic mean and 35 µg/m 3 for a 24-hour average. The standard for fine particles or Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5), has two parts: One is annual and one is daily. The particulate pollution posted on this page is fine particle concentrations. An area will be considered in violation (not meeting the standard) if the average of the annual fourth highest maximum daily eight-hour average ozone concentration at any ozone monitor for a three-year period exceeds 70 parts per billion. The new federal standard for ozone has been established at a level equivalent to 70 parts per billion averaged over any eight-hour period. This site reports the continuous data concentrations for these two pollutants. The federal Clean Air Act directs EPA to establish a health-based standard for an acceptable concentration level of several pollutants, including ozone and particle pollution in the atmosphere. For more information on the AQI visit EPA's AIRNow website. Higher AQI values indicate the air quality is unhealthy for everyone. AQI values near or just above 100 indicate air quality is considered to be unhealthy for certain sensitive groups of people. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set to protect public health. Florida rarely has AQI values greater than 100 and has never officially had a value greater than 200.Īn AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality standard for the pollutant, which is the level the U.S. For example, an AQI value of 50 represents good air quality with little potential to affect public health, while an AQI value over 300 indicates hazardous air quality. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. Think of the AQI as a scale that runs from 0 to 500.

AQI Guide for Ozone and Particle Pollution.It takes all the monitored pollutants and relates them to a single-scale value to indicate air quality. See the AQI guide below for details. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a tool for reporting daily air quality.

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