Air quality

Air quality in Oregon today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 64) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 10:00 pm (02:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
64 Moderate
PM2.5
21 µg/m³ 1.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
21 µg/m³
Ozone
30 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 64
Best hour tomorrow
9:00 am AQI 63
European AQI
51

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Air quality in Oregon right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Oregon, Ohio, United States is 64, 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 PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 64. Fine and coarse particles come from traffic, heating, industry, dust and smoke; they build up on calm nights and clear when wind or rain arrives.

PM2.5 is 21 µg/m³, 1.4 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 21 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 30 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 45 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 252 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 70 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 2 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Oregon AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 63 around Mon 9:00 am to 66 around Mon 2:00 am, staying "Moderate" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 50 against 64 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (America/New_York)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 10:00 pm64Moderate20.52130
Mon 1:00 am65Moderate16.61734
Mon 4:00 am65Moderate14.71540
Mon 7:00 am64Moderate17.51828
Mon 10:00 am63Moderate22.92333
Mon 1:00 pm63Moderate15.41579
Mon 4:00 pm64Moderate12.112105
Mon 7:00 pm64Moderate16.61766
Mon 10:00 pm65Moderate16.21644
Tue 1:00 am63Moderate3.9452
Tue 4:00 am60Moderate2258
Tue 7:00 am57Moderate2.1252
Tue 10:00 am53Moderate2.6356
Tue 1:00 pm46Good2.5366
Tue 4:00 pm39Good3.2366
Tue 7:00 pm32Good3.3358
Tue 10:00 pm29Good3.8454

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 Oregon tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 9:00 am (AQI 63, Moderate) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 65). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Oregon vs the rest of United States

Across 747 United States cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 52 (Moderate). Oregon at 64 is 12 points worse than average.

It ranks 597 of 747 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Hilo (22) and the most polluted Springfield, PA (132).

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

Air quality in cities near Oregon

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Toledo6 km61Moderate15.3
Adrian54 km66Moderate16.1
Findlay68 km52Moderate9.1
Taylor69 km78Moderate18.4
Allen Park72 km78Moderate18.4
Ann Arbor74 km74Moderate21
Canton74 km74Moderate21
Dearborn80 km78Moderate18.4

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Oregon, 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 64, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to PM2.5, 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.