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North Carolina — air quality right now

Every monitor in one view · PM2.5 only · updated Oct 15, 12:44AM EDT

Right now

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11 µg/m³ Moderate

Median NowCast across reporting stations

Worst right now: Rockwell — 27 µg/m³ (Moderate)

22 of 24 stations reporting in the last 6 hours

Stations by air-quality category 22 reporting

Good: 6Moderate: 16
Good · 6Moderate · 16

Highest readings right now

Rockwell27 µg/m³Moderate
Castle H18 µg/m³Moderate
Johnston14 µg/m³Moderate
Friendship Park14 µg/m³Moderate
Millbrook NCore13 µg/m³Moderate
All stations (24)
All stations — North Carolina
StationNowCastCategory48 h forecast peak
Rockwell27 µg/m³Moderate33 µg/m³
Castle H18 µg/m³Moderate14 µg/m³
Johnston14 µg/m³Moderate18 µg/m³
Friendship Park14 µg/m³Moderate26 µg/m³
Millbrook NCore13 µg/m³Moderate26 µg/m³
Triple Oak - Near Road13 µg/m³Moderate22 µg/m³
Clemmons Middle13 µg/m³Moderate20 µg/m³
Remount12 µg/m³Moderate48 µg/m³
Mendnhal12 µg/m³Moderate27 µg/m³
Burdens Creek12 µg/m³Moderate22 µg/m³
Lwattowr11 µg/m³Moderate20 µg/m³
W Owen Sch11 µg/m³Moderate27 µg/m³
Durham Armory10 µg/m³Moderate26 µg/m³
Leggett10 µg/m³Moderate16 µg/m³
Hattie Avenue10 µg/m³Moderate21 µg/m³
Northampton10 µg/m³Moderate15 µg/m³
Garinger8 µg/m³Good38 µg/m³
Hickory8 µg/m³Good30 µg/m³
Bryson8 µg/m³Good12 µg/m³
Spruce Pine7 µg/m³Good10 µg/m³
Bded6 µg/m³Good29 µg/m³
Eastern Band of Cherokee: Old Cherokee High5 µg/m³Good12 µg/m³
Candor FRO— no recent data—20 µg/m³
Pittagct— no recent data—15 µg/m³

City forecast pages — North Carolina

Charlotte · Raleigh · Asheville

Wildfires across the state

State-wide

Agencies report 1 active incident: 1 Other.

Not contained0 fires

No not contained fires are reported in this state.

Partially contained0 fires

No partially contained fires are reported in this state.

Mostly contained (70%+)0 fires

No mostly contained (70%+) fires are reported in this state.

Other status1 fire
0407
0 acres · reported 2026-10-13 · NC
Containment not reported

Source: National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC); incident points and containment as reported by the responsible agencies.