Air quality

Air quality in Edmond today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 61) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 9:00 pm (02:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Edmond, Oklahoma, United States, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
61 Moderate
PM2.5
10 µg/m³ 0.7× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
12 µg/m³
Ozone
78 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 61
Best hour tomorrow
4:00 pm AQI 45
European AQI
31

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Air quality in Edmond right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Edmond, Oklahoma, United States is 61, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by ozone, whose own sub-index is 61. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 10 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 12 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 78 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 12 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 178 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 12 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 158 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Edmond AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 45 around Mon 4:00 pm to 61 around Sun 9:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 41 against 49 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (America/Chicago)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 9:00 pm61Moderate10.31278
Mon 12:00 am48Good10.21274
Mon 3:00 am49Good8.4973
Mon 6:00 am50Good7.3862
Mon 9:00 am50Good7.7856
Mon 12:00 pm50Good5.6692
Mon 3:00 pm46Good6.98115
Mon 6:00 pm45Good8996
Mon 9:00 pm47Good91076
Tue 12:00 am43Good7.9878
Tue 3:00 am42Good6.5779
Tue 6:00 am40Good6.3672
Tue 9:00 am40Good6.3763
Tue 12:00 pm39Good5.5680
Tue 3:00 pm40Good9.211101
Tue 6:00 pm41Good10.41391
Tue 9:00 pm43Good11.61472

Every third hour of the CAMS forecast via Open-Meteo. US AQI uses rolling averages (24 h for particles, 8 h for ozone), so it moves more slowly than the hourly concentrations.

Best time to be outside in Edmond tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 4:00 pm (AQI 45, Good) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 50). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Edmond vs the rest of United States

Across 747 United States cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 52 (Moderate). Edmond at 61 is 9 points worse than average.

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.

Air quality in cities near Edmond

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Oklahoma City21 km67Moderate10.1
Yukon30 km67Moderate10.1
Tulsa145 km48Good7.7
Derby, KS211 km51Moderate5.3
Wichita Falls214 km53Moderate7.9
Wichita227 km51Moderate5.3
Paris, TX283 km48Good6.2
Allen293 km56Moderate10.4

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Edmond, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.

Advice for sensitive groups

At 61, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to ozone, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Values on this page are modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) and served by Open-Meteo; they are estimates for the area around the city centre, not readings from an official monitor.

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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), NASA FIRMS.