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Air Quality Forecast for Lothian

Forecast published on Fri, 29 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 Lothian

Location Today Tomorrow Sunday Monday Tuesday
Armadale 3 3 3 3 3
Barnton 3 3 3 3 3
Bathgate 3 3 3 3 3
Belhaven Bay 3 3 3 3 3
Blackburn S Wks 3 3 3 3 3
Blackhall 3 3 3 3 3
Bonnyrigg 3 3 3 3 3
Broadsands (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Broxburn 3 3 3 3 3
Burdiehouse 3 3 3 3 3
Clermiston 3 3 3 3 3
Colinton 3 3 3 3 3
Corstorphine 3 3 3 3 3
Corstorphine Hill 3 3 3 3 3
Craiglockhart 3 3 3 3 3
Cramond 3 3 3 3 3
Cramond Bridge 3 3 3 3 3
Currie 3 3 3 3 3
Dalkeith 3 3 3 3 3
Davidson's Mains 3 3 3 3 3
Dirleton Castle Garden 3 3 3 3 3
Drylaw 3 3 3 3 3
Duddingston 3 3 3 3 3
Dunbar 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh Airport 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh Bruntsfield Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh Eglinton Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh/gogarbank 3 3 3 3 3
Edinburgh Pleasance Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Fairmilehead 3 3 3 3 3
Gilmerton 3 3 3 3 3
Gorebridge 3 3 3 3 3
Gracemount 3 3 3 3 3
Granton 3 3 3 3 3
Gullane 3 3 3 3 3
Gullane (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Haddington 3 3 3 3 3
Heart Of Midlothian F.c. 3 3 3 3 3
Hibernian F.c. 3 3 3 3 3
Hopetoun House 3 3 3 3 3
Inch 3 3 3 3 3
Inveresk Lodge Garden 3 3 3 3 3
Joppa 3 3 3 3 3
Juniper Green 3 3 3 3 3
Kaimes 3 3 3 3 3
Leith 3 3 3 3 3
Liberton 3 3 3 3 3
Linlithgow 3 3 3 3 3
Livingston 3 3 3 3 3
Livingston F.c. 3 3 3 3 3
Loanhead 3 3 3 3 3
Longniddry (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Longstone 3 3 3 3 3
Malleny House 3 3 3 3 3
Midlothian Ski Centre 3 3 3 3 3
Monktonhall 3 3 3 3 3
Moredun 3 3 3 3 3
Morningside 3 3 3 3 3
Muirfield (hon Company Of Edinburgh Golfers) 3 3 3 3 3
Murrayfield (edinburgh) 3 3 3 3 3
Murrayfield (stadium) 3 3 3 3 3
Musselburgh 3 3 3 3 3
Musselburgh Racecourse 3 3 3 3 3
Newtongrange 3 3 3 3 3
North Berwick 3 3 3 3 3
Peffersands (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Penicuik 3 3 3 3 3
Portobello - Central (james Street) (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Portobello (edinburgh) 3 3 3 3 3
Prestonfield 3 3 3 3 3
Prestonpans 3 3 3 3 3
Queensferry (edinburgh) 3 3 3 3 3
Ravelston 3 3 3 3 3
Restalrig 3 3 3 3 3
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 3 3 3 3 3
Royal Highland Showground 3 3 3 3 3
Seacliff (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Seton Sands, Longniddry (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Sighthill 3 3 3 3 3
Silverknowes 3 3 3 3 3
Stenhouse 3 3 3 3 3
St Mary's Pleasance Haddington 3 3 3 3 3
Suntrap 3 3 3 3 3
Thorntonloch (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Tranent 3 3 3 3 3
Tyninghame House 3 3 3 3 3
Whitburn 3 3 3 3 3
Whitesands Bay (beach) 3 3 3 3 3

Defra Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Lothian

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
Bush Estate 2024-03-29 06:00:00 87 3 Low
Auchencorth Moss 2024-03-29 07:00:00 78 3 Low 3 1 Low 5 1 Low*2
Edinburgh St Leonards 2024-03-29 07:00:00 84 3 Low 15 1 Low 3 1 Low 6 1 Low 10 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.

Data supplied by the Met Office via Defra. © 2024 Crown copyright Defra via uk-air.defra.gov.uk, licenced under the Open Government Licence (OGL).