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Air Quality Forecast for Tyne and Wear

Forecast published on Mon, 20 Jan 2025 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 Tyne and Wear

Location Today Tomorrow Thursday Friday Saturday
Bell's Close 2 2 2 2 2
Benton Square 2 2 2 2 2
Benwell 2 2 2 2 2
Birtley 2 2 2 2 2
Blakelaw 2 2 2 2 2
Blaydon 2 2 2 2 2
Boldon 2 2 2 2 2
Boldon Colliery 2 2 2 2 2
Byker 2 2 2 2 2
Camperdown 2 2 2 2 2
Castletown (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2
Chirton 2 2 2 2 2
Cleadon 2 2 2 2 2
Coxlodge 2 2 2 2 2
Cullercoats 2 2 2 2 2
East Denton 2 2 2 2 2
East Herrington 2 2 2 2 2
Felling 2 2 2 2 2
Fenham 2 2 2 2 2
Forest Hall (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2
Gateshead 2 2 2 2 2
Gibside 2 2 2 2 2
Gosforth 2 2 2 2 2
Heaton (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2
Hebburn 2 2 2 2 2
Hetton-le-hole 2 2 2 2 2
Horsley Hill 2 2 2 2 2
Houghton Le Spring 2 2 2 2 2
Jarrow 2 2 2 2 2
Killingworth 2 2 2 2 2
Lemington 2 2 2 2 2
Longbenton 2 2 2 2 2
Low Team 2 2 2 2 2
Marsden (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
Marsden (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2
Newcastle International Airport 2 2 2 2 2
Newcastle Racecourse 2 2 2 2 2
Newcastle Upon Tyne 2 2 2 2 2
Newcastle Upon Tyne Youth Hostel 2 2 2 2 2
North Shields 2 2 2 2 2
North Walbottle 2 2 2 2 2
Percy Main 2 2 2 2 2
Powerline Mountain Bike Trail 2 2 2 2 2
Roker 2 2 2 2 2
Ryhope 2 2 2 2 2
Ryton 2 2 2 2 2
Scotswood 2 2 2 2 2
Silksworth 2 2 2 2 2
Southwick (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2
South Hylton 2 2 2 2 2
South Shields 2 2 2 2 2
South Shields (sandhaven) (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
St Anthony's 2 2 2 2 2
St James Park 2 2 2 2 2
Sunderland 2 2 2 2 2
Sunderland A.f.c. 2 2 2 2 2
Sunderland Ski Centre 2 2 2 2 2
Swalwell 2 2 2 2 2
Throckley 2 2 2 2 2
Tynemouth 2 2 2 2 2
Tynemouth - King Edwards Bay (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
Tynemouth - Long Sands North (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
Tynemouth - Long Sands South (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
Walker 2 2 2 2 2
Wallsend 2 2 2 2 2
Washington 2 2 2 2 2
Westerhope 2 2 2 2 2
Whickham 2 2 2 2 2
Whickham Thorns Outdoor Centre 2 2 2 2 2
Whitley Bay 2 2 2 2 2
Whitley Bay (beach) 2 2 2 2 2
Willington Quay 2 2 2 2 2
Willington (tyne And Wear) 2 2 2 2 2

Defra Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Tyne and Wear

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
Newcastle Centre 2025-01-21 08:00:00 23 1 Low 43 1 Low 8 1 Low 13 1 Low*1
Sunderland Silksworth 2025-01-21 08:00:00 38 2 Low 19 1 Low 11 1 Low 13 1 Low*2
Newcastle Cradlewell Roadside 2025-01-21 08:00:00 94 2 Low 10 1 Low 15 1 Low*2

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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