NOW! 

You can obtain the most current air quality information for Hillsborough County by calling EPC at (813) 273-3686.  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.

    FORECASTS

Clicking on the word "forecasts" will take you to EPA's Air Now Forecasts for all the cities in Florida that provide air quality forecasts, including Tampa.

     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
Florida Particulate Maps
EPA

     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.