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Neighborhood heat and air quality, calibrated and open.

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Air-quality categories (PM2.5)

What is AQI?

The Air Quality Index (AQI) turns a pollution concentration into a 0–500 scale and a named category. Higher is worse: 0–50 is Good, 100+ starts to affect sensitive people.

  • Good — AQI 0 to 50
  • Moderate — AQI 51 to 100
  • Unhealthy for sensitive groups — AQI 101 to 150
  • Unhealthy — AQI 151 to 200
  • Very unhealthy — AQI 201 to 300
  • Hazardous — AQI 301+

The AQI shown is computed from each location's hourly mean, not a 24-hour average.

Provisional locations have only early, uncalibrated readings — still being double-checked, and never shown as a confirmed category. Status is conveyed by text and pattern, not color alone.

How to read this — and what it does not say

Confirmed readings are calibrated against a reference monitor and carry a ± uncertainty. Provisional readings are early and uncalibrated. This page reports what the air and heat readings are; it does not tell anyone they are safe. Use it alongside how you feel and official advisories.

How the numbers are made