Air quality

Air quality in Marshall today

Updated

Good (US AQI 35) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 12:00 pm (17:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
35 Good
PM2.5
2.5 µg/m³ 0.2× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
2.5 µg/m³
Ozone
104 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 35
Best hour today
12:00 pm AQI 35
European AQI
44

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Air quality in Marshall right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Marshall, Texas, United States is 35, which falls in the "Good" band (up to 50). Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.

The index is driven mainly by ozone, whose own sub-index is 35. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 2.5 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 2.5 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 104 µg/m³ (above the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 1.4 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: UV index 5.4, carbon monoxide 142 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 120 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 42 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Marshall AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 29 around Mon 10:00 am to 52 around Sun 7:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 43.

Local time (America/Chicago)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 12:00 pm35Good2.53104
Sun 3:00 pm42Good1.62119
Sun 6:00 pm49Good2.4298
Sun 9:00 pm49Good4484
Mon 12:00 am43Good5577
Mon 3:00 am37Good5.9668
Mon 6:00 am33Good6.8758
Mon 9:00 am30Good7.4867
Mon 12:00 pm31Good6.9896
Mon 3:00 pm38Good6.18111
Mon 6:00 pm46Good7.2993
Mon 9:00 pm46Good9.31182
Tue 12:00 am41Good9.71173
Tue 3:00 am42Good9.31160
Tue 6:00 am45Good9.81150
Tue 9:00 am47Good9.81164
Tue 12:00 pm48Good9.31198

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 Marshall today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 12:00 pm (AQI 35, Good) and the worst around 7:00 pm (AQI 52). That is a swing of 17 points, so a run or walk around 12:00 pm is noticeably better.

Marshall vs the rest of United States

Across 747 United States cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 47 (Good). Marshall at 35 is 12 points cleaner than average.

It ranks 226 of 747 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Aberdeen, SD (13) and the most polluted Springfield, PA (130).

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

Air quality in cities near Marshall

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Tyler90 km38Good7.7
Texarkana102 km33Good1.8
Texarkana, AR104 km33Good1.8
Paris, TX166 km39Good7.2
Greenville, TX176 km35Good10.6
Wylie210 km40Good12.7
Garland216 km55Moderate16.4
Lancaster, TX224 km52Moderate13.9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Marshall, 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

With the AQI at 35, there is no need for sensitive groups to change plans. People with asthma should still carry their reliever inhaler as usual.

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.