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Call
EPC for Current Air Quality Information
 You
can obtain the most current air quality information for Hillsborough County
by calling EPC at (813) 627-2626. EPC polls its numerous monitors around
the county hourly and the AQI is posted to this phone number once an hour,
24 hours a day, for three different sections of the County; the Eastern
portion, the Southern portion, and the Tampa area.
If you live in Pinellas County, the Pinellas County Department of
Environmental Management provides air quality information by calling
(727)-464-3392.
AQI Index - Air Quality Index
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Air
Quality Index
(AQI) Values |
Levels of Health Concern |
Colors |
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0 to 50 |
Good |
Green |
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51 to 100 |
Moderate |
Yellow |
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101 to 150 |
Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups |
Orange |
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151 to
200 |
Unhealthy |
Red |
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201 to
300 |
Very
Unhealthy |
Purple |
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301 to
500 |
Hazardous |
Maroon |
Maps
Both
EPA and the State of Florida provide ozone maps based
on monitored data. The following are the links to those sites:
Florida Ozone Maps
EPA's Ozone Maps
Newspapers
Air quality information for the Tampa
area may also be found in the weather sections of the Tampa Tribune, the St.
Petersburg Times, and USA Today.
Pollen
For information on the latest pollen counts in the Tampa
area, visit the
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, Florida Chapter,
website.
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