Air Quality Forecasting

The Air District maintains a rolling six day forecast available on our Today’s Air Quality web page. You can a link to this page at the top of the right side navigation menu.

The forecast page includes a map of eight forecast regions displaying today’s forecasted Air Quality Index (AQI). The page also includes a six day forecast for the eight regions. A discussion of the forecast follows the table. At the bottom of the page are links to more information.

To view air quality data using AIRNow, enter the zip code for your location as listed in the table below.

Sign Up to Have the Daily Air Quality Conditions and Air Quality Forecast Emailed to You

Sign up to receive the daily air quality forecast via email by going to the EPA Enviroflash website and entering the zipcode for your nearest air monitoring station, as listed in the table below.

For your reference, all of the communities are linked to specific montioring stations that correspond to the forecast zone. To see the current air quality or the 6-day forecast for the monitoring station your community is associated with, click here.  If you live in South County and would like to further determine where your home is within the forecast zones, we have developed a map to help you do this, click here. 

The map below can be viewed full screen by clicking the brackets in the far right of the gray bar. The polygons are associated with the various monitoring stations and you can see descriptions of the included communities by clicking on each polygon. You can see the name of the monitoring stations by clicking the dark pink indicator dots. 

 

Community/School
Air Monitor Associated with the Community
Zip Code of Associated Monitor (use this zipcode on AirNow)

Arroyo Grande (Central)

San Luis Obispo

93401

Arroyo Grande High School

San Luis Obispo

93401

Atascadero

Atascadero

93422

Avila Beach

San Luis Obispo

93401

Baywood Park

Morro Bay

93442

Blacklake Golf Course

Nipomo NRP

93444

California Valley

Carrizo Plains

93453

Cambria

Morro Bay

93442

Carrizo Plains

Carrizo Plains

93453

Cayucos

Morro Bay

93442

Cholame

Red Hills

93461

Creston

Atascadero

93422

Cuyama Valley

Carrizo Plains

93453

Cypress Ridge

Nipomo NRP

93444

Dana Elementary

Nipomo NRP

93444

Dorothea Lange Elementary

Nipomo Mesa 2

93444

Eastern SLO County Mountains

Red Hills

93461

Edna

San Luis Obispo

93401

Garden Farms

Atascadero

93422

Grover Beach

San Luis Obispo

93401

Harmony

Morro Bay

93442

Heritage Ranch

Paso Robles

93446

Huasna

San Luis Obispo

93401

Jardine

Paso Robles

93446

Los Osos

Morro Bay

93442

Lopez High School

Nipomo Mesa 2

93444

Mesa Middle School

San Luis Obispo

93444

Morro Bay

Morro Bay

93442

Nipomo (Central)

Nipomo NRP

93444

Nipomo Elementary

Nipomo NRP

93444

Nipomo High School

San Luis Obispo

93420

Nipomo Regional Park

Nipomo NRP

93444

Nipomo Mesa (AG zip code – along Hwy 1 between Callendar Road & Calle Bendita)

Nipomo CDF

93444

Oceano (Central)

San Luis Obispo

93401

Oceano Elementary

San Luis Obispo

93401

Oceano Dunes State Park/SVRA

Nipomo CDF

93444

Oceano (see map for more detail)

Nipomo NRP

 

Oceano (Pier Ave & Strand Way)

Nipomo Mesa 2

93444

Paso Robles

Paso Robles

93446

Pismo Beach

San Luis Obispo

93401

Port San Luis

San Luis Obispo

93401

Red Hills

Red Hills

93461

San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

93401

San Miguel

Paso Robles

93446

San Simeon

Morro Bay

93442

Santa Margarita

Atascadero

93422

Shandon

Paso Robles

93446

Shell Beach

San Luis Obispo

93401

Southeast SLO County Valleys

Carrizo Plains

93453

Templeton

Paso Robles

93446

Trilogy/Woodlands

Nipomo Mesa 2

93444

Whitley Gardens

Paso Robles

93446