Good

AQI: 0-50

(Green)

• Cool summer temperatures
• Windy conditions
• Significant cloud cover
• Heavy or steady precipitation

• Keep cars and boats tuned up

• Use environmentally safe paints and cleaning products

• Conserve electricity-set A/C to highest comfortable level

No health effects are expected.

Moderate

AQI: 51-100

(Yellow)

• Temperatures in the upper 70's to lower 80's
• Light to moderate winds
• Partly cloudy or mostly sunny skies
• Chance of rain or afternoon thunderstorms

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

AQI: 101-150

(Orange)

• Temperatures in the 80's and 90's
• Light winds
• Mostly sunny skies
• Slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms

• Limit daytime driving

• Limit vehicle idling

• Refuel vehicles after dusk

• Don't "top off" your gas tank

• Avoid congested periods

• Use water-based paints

• Use transit or car pool

• Bike or walk for short trips

• Use newest/best maintained car

• Combine trips and share rides

• Postpone using gasoline mowers

• Barbecue without starter fluid

Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

Unhealthy

AQI: 151-200

(Red)

• Hot, hazy, and humid
• Stagnant air
• Sunny skies
• Little chance of precipitation

Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

Very Unhealthy

AQI: 201-300

(Purple)

• Hot and very hazy
• Extremely stagnant air
• Sunny skies
• No precipitation

Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion.