Calm is the fragrant air

Air Quality Forecast for Essex

Forecast published on Thu, 28 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 Essex

Location Today Tomorrow Saturday Sunday Monday
Adventure Island 3 3 3 3 3
Andrewsfield 3 3 3 3 3
Basildon 3 3 3 3 3
Belchamp Otten 3 3 3 3 3
Billericay 3 3 3 3 3
Boyton Cross 3 3 3 3 3
Braintree 3 3 3 3 3
Bran End 3 3 3 3 3
Brentwood 3 3 3 3 3
Brentwood Ski Centre 3 3 3 3 3
Brightlingsea 3 3 3 3 3
Brightlingsea (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Burnham-on-crouch 3 3 3 3 3
Canvey Island 3 3 3 3 3
Castle Hedingham Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Chelmsford 3 3 3 3 3
Chigwell 3 3 3 3 3
Chipping Ongar 3 3 3 3 3
Clacton-on-sea 3 3 3 3 3
Clacton - Martello Tower (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Clacton (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Colchester 3 3 3 3 3
Colchester United F.c. 3 3 3 3 3
Corringham 3 3 3 3 3
Cudmore Grove 3 3 3 3 3
Dovercourt Bay (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Duddenhoe End 3 3 3 3 3
Eastwood (southend-on-sea) 3 3 3 3 3
Epping 3 3 3 3 3
Epping Forest Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Frinton-on-sea 3 3 3 3 3
Frinton-on-sea (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Grays 3 3 3 3 3
Great Dunmow 3 3 3 3 3
Great Leighs Racecourse 3 3 3 3 3
Great Yeldham 3 3 3 3 3
Hadleigh (essex) 3 3 3 3 3
Hadleigh Farm 3 3 3 3 3
Halstead 3 3 3 3 3
Harlow 3 3 3 3 3
Harwich 3 3 3 3 3
Hatfield Heath 3 3 3 3 3
Holland-on-sea (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Ingatestone 3 3 3 3 3
Jaywick (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Layer Marney Tower 3 3 3 3 3
London Southend Airport 3 3 3 3 3
London Stansted Airport 3 3 3 3 3
Loughton 3 3 3 3 3
Maldon 3 3 3 3 3
Manningtree 3 3 3 3 3
Mistley 3 3 3 3 3
Mr. B's Amusements Southend-on-sea 3 3 3 3 3
New Walton Pier 3 3 3 3 3
Northend 3 3 3 3 3
Pickerells 3 3 3 3 3
Prittlewell 3 3 3 3 3
Rayleigh 3 3 3 3 3
Rochford 3 3 3 3 3
R.h.s. Garden Hyde Hall 3 3 3 3 3
Saffron Walden 3 3 3 3 3
Saffron Walden Youth Hostel 3 3 3 3 3
Saling Hall 3 3 3 3 3
Shoeburyness 3 3 3 3 3
Shoeburyness (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Shoebury East (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Sible Hedingham 3 3 3 3 3
Southchurch 3 3 3 3 3
Southend-on-sea 3 3 3 3 3
Southend - Chalkwell Beach (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Southend - Jubilee Beach (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Southend - Thorpe Bay (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Southend - Three Shells (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Southend - Westcliff Bay (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Southend United F.c. 3 3 3 3 3
South Benfleet 3 3 3 3 3
South Ockendon 3 3 3 3 3
South Woodham Ferrers 3 3 3 3 3
Stanford-le-hope 3 3 3 3 3
Stansted Mountfitchet 3 3 3 3 3
The Beth Chatto Gardens Elmstead Market 3 3 3 3 3
The Ford County Ground Essex C.c.c. 3 3 3 3 3
Thorpe Bay 3 3 3 3 3
Thundersley 3 3 3 3 3
Tilbury 3 3 3 3 3
Tiptree 3 3 3 3 3
Tolleshunt Major 3 3 3 3 3
Waltham Abbey 3 3 3 3 3
Walton-on-naze (codet2) 3 3 3 3 3
Walton-on-the-naze (beach) 3 3 3 3 3
Walton On The Naze 3 3 3 3 3
West Mersea 3 3 3 3 3
Wickford 3 3 3 3 3
Witham 3 3 3 3 3
Wivenhoe 3 3 3 3 3
Writtle 3 3 3 3 3

Defra Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Essex

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
Thurrock 2024-03-28 07:00:00 75 3 Low 8 1 Low 3 1 Low 3 1 Low 8 1 Low*2
Southend-on-Sea 2024-03-28 07:00:00 71 3 Low 8 1 Low 3 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
St Osyth 2024-03-28 07:00:00 83 3 Low 1 1 Low 4 1 Low 7 1 Low*2
Stanford-le-Hope Roadside 2024-03-28 07:00:00 10 1 Low 2 1 Low 7 1 Low*1

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).