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Air Quality Forecast for Cumbria

Forecast published on Wed, 27 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000.

Values are for predicted maximum pollution levels, ranging from 1 (lowest pollution, best air quality) to 10 (highest pollution, worst air quality).

Colour key: Lowest pollution Highest pollution

Defra monitoring locations are shown by

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Forecast locations in Cumbria

Location Today Tomorrow Saturday Sunday Monday
Acorn Bank Garden 3 3 3 3 3
Allen Crags 3 3 3 3 3
Alston 3 3 3 3 3
Alston Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Ambleside 3 3 3 3 3
Ambleside Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Appleby-in-westmorland 3 3 3 3 3
Armathwaite 3 3 3 3 3
Arnside 3 3 3 3 3
Arnside Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Aspatria 3 3 3 3 3
Barrow-in-furness 3 3 3 3 3
Bastifell 3 3 3 3 3
Black Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Black Sail Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Blencathra 3 3 3 3 3
Borrowdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Bowness-on-windermere 3 3 3 3 3
Bow Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Brampton 3 3 3 3 3
Branthwaite 3 3 3 3 3
Broughton In Furness 3 3 3 3 3
Broughton Mills 3 3 3 3 3
Brough (cumbria) 3 3 3 3 3
Buttermere Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Calf Top 3 3 3 3 3
Carlisle 3 3 3 3 3
Carlisle Airport 3 3 3 3 3
Carlisle Racecourse 3 3 3 3 3
Carlisle Snowsports Club 3 3 3 3 3
Carrock Fell Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Cartmel Racecourse 3 3 3 3 3
Caw Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Cleator Moor 3 3 3 3 3
Clough Head 3 3 3 3 3
Cockermouth 3 3 3 3 3
Cockermouth Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Cold Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Coniston 3 3 3 3 3
Coniston Coppermines Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Coniston Holly How Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Crag Hill 3 3 3 3 3
Crinkle Crags 3 3 3 3 3
Cross Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Cumrew 3 3 3 3 3
Dale Head 3 3 3 3 3
Dalton-in-furness 3 3 3 3 3
Dentdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Derwentwater Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Dollywagon Pike 3 3 3 3 3
Dow Crag 3 3 3 3 3
Dufton Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Egremont 3 3 3 3 3
Elterwater Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Ennerdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Eskdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Esk Hause 3 3 3 3 3
Fairfield 3 3 3 3 3
Fiend's Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Forest Hall (cumbria) 3 3 3 3 3
Glaramara 3 3 3 3 3
Grange-over-sands 3 3 3 3 3
Grasmere Butterlip How Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Grasmere Thorney How Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Grasmoor 3 3 3 3 3
Graythwaite Hall 3 3 3 3 3
Great Borne 3 3 3 3 3
Great Calva 3 3 3 3 3
Great Dodd 3 3 3 3 3
Great Dun Fell 2 3 3 3 3 3
Great End 3 3 3 3 3
Great Gable 3 3 3 3 3
Grisedale Pike 3 3 3 3 3
Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre 3 3 3 3 3
Harter Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Hartside Height 3 3 3 3 3
Hawkshead Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Haycock 3 3 3 3 3
Helvellyn 3 3 3 3 3
Helvellyn Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
High Pike 3 3 3 3 3
High Raise 3 3 3 3 3
High Seat 3 3 3 3 3
High Stile 3 3 3 3 3
High Street 3 3 3 3 3
Hill Top (near Sawrey) 3 3 3 3 3
Holker Hall 3 3 3 3 3
Honister Hause Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Hutton-in-the-forest 3 3 3 3 3
Ill Bell 3 3 3 3 3
Ireby 3 3 3 3 3
Kendal 3 3 3 3 3
Kendal Ski Club 3 3 3 3 3
Kendal Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Keswick 3 3 3 3 3
Keswick Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Kirkby Lonsdale 3 3 3 3 3
Kirkby Stephen 3 3 3 3 3
Kirkby Stephen Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Kirk Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Knott 3 3 3 3 3
Knoutberry Haw 3 3 3 3 3
Lakeside 3 3 3 3 3
Langdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Levens Hall 3 3 3 3 3
Little Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Loadpot Hill 3 3 3 3 3
Longtown 3 3 3 3 3
Lyneholmeford 3 3 3 3 3
Maryport 3 3 3 3 3
Melmerby Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Middle Dodd 3 3 3 3 3
Millom 3 3 3 3 3
Muncaster Castle Gardens And Owl Centre 3 3 3 3 3
Nine Standards Rigg 3 3 3 3 3
North Face Mountain Bike Trail 3 3 3 3 3
Patterdale Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Penrith 3 3 3 3 3
Pike Of Blisco 3 3 3 3 3
Pillar 3 3 3 3 3
Place Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Pooley Bridge 3 3 3 3 3
Raughton Head 3 3 3 3 3
Red Pike 3 3 3 3 3
Robinson 3 3 3 3 3
Rydal Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Rydal Mount 3 3 3 3 3
Scafell Pike 3 3 3 3 3
Sca Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Seascale 3 3 3 3 3
Seatallan 3 3 3 3 3
Seathwaite 3 3 3 3 3
Seat Sandal 3 3 3 3 3
Sedbergh 3 3 3 3 3
Shap 3 3 3 3 3
Silecroft 3 3 3 3 3
Silloth 3 3 3 3 3
Sizergh Castle Gardens 3 3 3 3 3
Skiddaw 3 3 3 3 3
Skiddaw House Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Spadeadam 3 3 3 3 3
Stagshaw Garden 3 3 3 3 3
Steeple 3 3 3 3 3
Stybarrow Dodd 3 3 3 3 3
Tebay Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
The Calf 3 3 3 3 3
The Old Man Of Coniston 3 3 3 3 3
Thirlmere Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Ullscarf 3 3 3 3 3
Ullswater 3 3 3 3 3
Ulverston 3 3 3 3 3
Walney Island 3 3 3 3 3
Warcop 3 3 3 3 3
Wasdale Head 3 3 3 3 3
Wast Water Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Whinlatter Visitor Centre 3 3 3 3 3
Whitehaven 3 3 3 3 3
Wigton 3 3 3 3 3
Wild Boar Fell 3 3 3 3 3
Windermere 3 3 3 3 3
Windermere Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Witherslack 3 3 3 3 3
Workington 3 3 3 3 3
Wreay 3 3 3 3 3
Yarlside 3 3 3 3 3

Defra Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Cumbria

Location Latest Data Date/Time Running 8 Hour mean Ozone
(µgm-3)
Hourly mean Nitrogen dioxide
(µgm-3)
Max 15 min mean Sulphur dioxide
(µgm-3)
Running 24 Hour mean PM2.5 Particles
(µgm-3)
Running 24 Hour mean PM10 Particles
(µgm-3)
ValueLevelValueLevelValueLevelValueLevelValueLevel
Great Dun Fell 2016-11-01 10:00:00
Carlisle Roadside 2021-06-21 16:00:00

Coloured boxes for value and level show latest snapshot data. A grey box indicates that this data is not measured at this location. A white box indicates that data is normally recorded here, but is missing from the latest snapshot. Follow the links to individual stations for historical data.

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